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 Sylvan Grove:
39.012192, -98.394485
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 Sylvan Grove
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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Sylvan Grove.
Within Kansas, the name Sylvan Grove is unique.
Beyond Kansas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Dale County
This Sylvan Grove is located in Dale County and lies 899 miles [1,446.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Sylvan Grove that is located in Lincoln County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dale County community of Sylvan Grove.
Indiana
Clark County
This Sylvan Grove is located in Clark County and lies 682 miles [1,097.6 km]<1> to the east of the Sylvan Grove that is located in Lincoln County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Sylvan Grove.
Maryland
Washington County
This Sylvan Grove is located in Washington County and lies 1,098 miles [1,767.1 km]<1> to the east of the Sylvan Grove that is located in Lincoln County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Sylvan Grove.
Pennsylvania
Clearfield County
This Sylvan Grove is located in Clearfield County and lies 1,076 miles [1,731.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sylvan Grove that is located in Lincoln County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Sylvan Grove.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sylvan Grove ...
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.
Black Wolf ‑ Historic (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
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 Sylvan Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sylvan Grove and extending to:
Lincoln Center, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Sylvan Grove to Lincoln Center, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 145 miles [233.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,144 miles [1,841.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,707 miles [10,793.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,459 miles [12,004.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,358 miles [8,622.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sylvan Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Sylvan Grove 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 Sylvan Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0122, Longitude: -98.3945 In this case, the coordinates for Sylvan Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.675 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.288 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.59 degrees.