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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Susank, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Susank and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Susank:
- 38.640569, -98.774523
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Susank
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Barton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barton County
- Since Susank is near Russell County and also Rush County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Russell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rush County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Susank
Curious and Interesting Names Near Susank ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Anchorway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Anchorway is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorway
- Beaver
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Beaver is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Bison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bison is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Black Wolf ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Black Wolf is located in Ellsworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
- Dundee
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dundee is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Great Bend
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Homer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Homer is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Lorraine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lorraine is located in Ellsworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
- Redwing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Redwing is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwing
How Far From Susank to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Susank to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Susank and extending to:
- Great Bend, which is the Seat of Barton County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Susank to Great Bend, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 168 miles [270.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,167 miles [1,878.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,740 miles [10,847 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,492 miles [12,057.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,391 miles [8,676 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Susank) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Susank to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Susank. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6406, Longitude: -98.7745 In this case, the coordinates for Susank have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.914 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.521 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.841 degrees. |
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