Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sutphen, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sutphen and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sutphen
- 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 Sutphen:
- 39.048331, -97.055293
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Sutphen
- 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 Dickinson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Dickinson County
- Since Sutphen is near Geary County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Geary County
- eBird sighting report for Clay 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sutphen ...
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.
- Buckeye
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Buckeye is located in Dickinson County
- Enterprise
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Enterprise is located in Dickinson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 773 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enterprise <1>
- Industry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Industry
- Industry is located in Clay County
- Junction City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Junction City is located in Geary County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,862 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Junction City <1>
- Kansas Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kansas Falls. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas Falls
- Kansas Falls is located in Geary County
- Ladysmith
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Moonlight
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Pearl
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Sand Spring
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Spring
- Sand Spring is located in Dickinson County
How Far From Sutphen to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sutphen to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Sutphen once stood, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Sutphen and extending to:
- Abilene, which is the Seat of Dickinson County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<5> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sutphen to Abilene, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 73 miles [117.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,072 miles [1,725.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,660 miles [10,718.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,410 miles [11,925.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,305 miles [8,537.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Dickinson County: www.dkcoks.com/
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sutphen, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sutphen) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sutphen. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0483, Longitude: -97.0553 In this case, the coordinates for Sutphen have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Sutphen to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.738 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.203 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.906 degrees. |