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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 Tabor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tabor 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 Tabor:
    • 39.856949, -97.516985
    • 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 Tabor
  • 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 Tabor ...

We found 22 communities that share the name Tabor.

There is one other community in Kansas which is also named Tabor.

Beyond Kansas, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, twenty are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Kansas ...
    • Clay County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Tabor [Clay County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Etowah County
      • This Tabor is located in Etowah County and lies 750 miles [1,207 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Tabor that is located in Republic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Tabor.
    • British Columbia
      • This Tabor lies 1,516 miles [2,439.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Tabor that is located in Republic County.
    • Colorado
      • Boulder County
      • This Tabor is located in Boulder County and lies 400 miles [643.7 km]<2> to the west of the Tabor that is located in Republic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boulder County community of Tabor.
    • Illinois
      • De Witt County
      • This Tabor is located in De Witt County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<2> to the east of the Tabor that is located in Republic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the De Witt County community of Tabor.
    • Indiana
      • Delaware County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Tabor [Delaware County].
    • Iowa
      • Fremont County
      • This Tabor is located in Fremont County and lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Tabor that is located in Republic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fremont County community of Tabor.
    • Minnesota
      • Polk County
      • This Tabor is located in Polk County and lies 568 miles [914.1 km]<2> to the north of the Tabor that is located in Republic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Tabor.
    • New Jersey
      • Morris County
      • This Tabor is located in Morris County and lies 1,210 miles [1,947.3 km]<2> to the east of the Tabor that is located in Republic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Tabor.
    • North Carolina
      • Robeson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Tabor [Robeson County].
    • Ohio
      • Carroll County
      • This Tabor is located in Carroll County and lies 863 miles [1,388.9 km]<2> to the east of the Tabor that is located in Republic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Tabor.
    • Oklahoma
      • Creek County
      • This Tabor is located in Creek County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Tabor that is located in Republic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Creek County community of Tabor.
    • Ontario
      • This Tabor lies 846 miles [1,361.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Tabor that is located in Republic County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia County
      • This Tabor is located in Philadelphia County and lies 1,181 miles [1,900.6 km]<2> to the east of the Tabor that is located in Republic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Tabor.
    • South Carolina
      • Oconee County
      • This Tabor is located in Oconee County and lies 868 miles [1,396.9 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Tabor that is located in Republic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Tabor.
    • South Dakota
      • Bon Homme County
      • This Tabor is located in Bon Homme County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<2> to the north of the Tabor that is located in Republic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bon Homme County community of Tabor.
    • Tennessee
      • Cumberland County
      • This Tabor is located in Cumberland County and lies 728 miles [1,171.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Tabor that is located in Republic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Tabor.
      • Meigs County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Tabor [Meigs County].
      • Roane County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Tabor [Roane County].
    • Texas
      • Brazos County
      • This Tabor is located in Brazos County and lies 628 miles [1,010.7 km]<2> to the south of the Tabor that is located in Republic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brazos County community of Tabor.
    • Virginia
      • Washington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Tabor [Washington County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Racine County
      • This Tabor is located in Racine County and lies 541 miles [870.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Tabor that is located in Republic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Racine County community of Tabor.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tabor ...

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.

  • Agenda
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Agenda have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agenda
    • Agenda is located in Republic County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
  • Chester
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Clyde
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clyde have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
    • Clyde is located in Cloud County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clyde <5>
  • Cuba
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cuba have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
    • Cuba is located in Republic County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuba <5>
  • Hubbell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hubbell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbell
    • Hubbell is located in Thayer County (NE)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hubbell <5>
  • Republic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
    • Republic is located in Republic County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
  • Rice
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
    • Rice is located in Cloud County
  • Strawberry
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strawberry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
    • Strawberry is located in Washington County

How Far From Tabor 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 community such as Tabor to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tabor and extending to:

  • Belleville, which is the Seat of Republic County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Tabor to Topeka, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,092 miles [1,757.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,632 miles [10,673.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,384 miles [11,883.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,284 miles [8,503.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Tabor. 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Tabor 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 '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- Tabor) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tabor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8569, Longitude: -97.5170       In this case, the coordinates for Tabor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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 Tabor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Tabor 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 321.118 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.744 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.003 degrees.









 

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