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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 Vanora, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vanora 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 Vanora:
- 37.765851, -96.889199
- 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 Vanora
- 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 Butler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
- Since Vanora is near Sedgwick County and also Greenwood County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sedgwick County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenwood 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Vanora
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vanora ...
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.
- El Dorado
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gordon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gordon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Greenwich
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Greenwich is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Lakeview Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
- Leon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Leon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 730 people
- Leon has also been known as:
- West Leon
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <1>
- Prairie Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Prairie Village is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Village
- Prospect
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Prospect is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Rose Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Salter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Salter is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
- Smileyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Smileyville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smileyville
How Far From Vanora 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 Vanora to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Vanora and extending to:
- El Dorado, which is the Seat of Butler County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 110 miles [177 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Vanora to Topeka, with an average speed<3>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 1,076 miles [1,731.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 62 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,723 miles [10,819.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,469 miles [12,020.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,360 miles [8,626.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Vanora) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Vanora 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 Vanora. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7659, Longitude: -96.8892 In this case, the coordinates for Vanora have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.524 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.794 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.032 degrees. |
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