Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Terra Cotta, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Terra Cotta and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Terra Cotta
- 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 Terra Cotta:
- 38.741673, -97.957269
- 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 Terra Cotta
- 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 Ellsworth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Ellsworth County
- Since Terra Cotta is near Saline County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Saline County
- eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Terra Cotta ...
We found eight communities that share the name Terra Cotta.
Within Kansas, the name Terra Cotta is unique.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Riverside County
- This Terra Cotta is located in Riverside County and lies 1,133 miles [1,823.4 km]<1> to the west of the Terra Cotta that is located in Ellsworth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riverside County community of Terra Cotta.
- San Diego County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Terra Cotta [San Diego County].
- Georgia
- Bibb County
- This Terra Cotta is located in Bibb County and lies 899 miles [1,446.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Terra Cotta that is located in Ellsworth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Terra Cotta.
- Illinois
- McHenry County
- This Terra Cotta is located in McHenry County and lies 562 miles [904.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Terra Cotta that is located in Ellsworth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McHenry County community of Terra Cotta.
- Missouri
- Jackson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Terra Cotta [Jackson County].
- North Carolina
- Guilford County
- This Terra Cotta is located in Guilford County and lies 1,007 miles [1,620.6 km]<1> to the east of the Terra Cotta that is located in Ellsworth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guilford County community of Terra Cotta.
- Ontario
- This Terra Cotta lies 994 miles [1,599.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Terra Cotta that is located in Ellsworth County.
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Terra Cotta [Salt Lake County].
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Terra Cotta ...
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.
- Bavaria
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bavaria
- Bavaria is located in Saline County
- Bavaria has also been known as:
- Houch
- Beverly
(18 miles [29 km] to the north) - Black Wolf ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Wolf have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
- Black Wolf is located in Ellsworth County
- Jenkins
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast) - Lorraine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Mentor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor
- Mentor is located in Saline County
- Quartzite
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartzite
- Quartzite is located in Lincoln County
- Shady Bend
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Bend
- Shady Bend is located in Lincoln County
- Yankee Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Run
- Yankee Run is located in Ellsworth County
How Far From Terra Cotta 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 Terra Cotta to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Terra Cotta and extending to:
- Ellsworth, which is the Seat of Ellsworth County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Terra Cotta to Ellsworth, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 124 miles [199.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,123 miles [1,807.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
- The shortest distance<5> 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).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,458 miles [12,002.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,355 miles [8,618 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Ellsworth County: www.ellsworthcounty.org
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Terra Cotta) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Terra Cotta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7417, Longitude: -97.9573 In this case, the coordinates for Terra Cotta have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Terra Cotta 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. |
| <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> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Terra Cotta to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.347 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.872 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.411 degrees. |