Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Syracuse, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Syracuse and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Syracuse
- 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 Syracuse:
- 37.984402, -101.750998
- 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 Syracuse
- 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 Hamilton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- Since Syracuse is near Kearny County and also Prowers County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Kearny County
- eBird sighting report for Prowers 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
Communities Also Named Syracuse ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Syracuse.
There are three communities within Kansas that are also named Syracuse.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Cowley County
- Doniphan County
- Wilson County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Indiana
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New York
- Ohio
- South Carolina
- Utah
Curious and Interesting Names Near Syracuse ...
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.
- Big Bow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bow
- Big Bow is located in Stanton County
- Granada
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granada
- Granada is located in Prowers County (CO)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 509 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granada <3>
- Hartland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Hartman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hartman have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartman
- Hartman is located in Prowers County (CO)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hartman <3>
- Holly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Holly is located in Prowers County (CO)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 775 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holly <3>
- Julian
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
How Far From Syracuse to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Syracuse to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Syracuse and extending to:
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 336 miles [540.7 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Syracuse to Topeka, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,334 miles [2,146.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 53 days and walking would take 76 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,873 miles [11,061 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,629 miles [12,277.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,536 miles [8,909.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Syracuse. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Syracuse could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | 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- Syracuse) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Syracuse. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9844, Longitude: -101.7510 |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Syracuse to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.981 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.859 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.453 degrees. |