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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 Vassar, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vassar 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 Vassar:
- 38.647382, -95.622311
- 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 Vassar
- 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 Osage County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Osage County
- Since Vassar is near Franklin County and also Douglas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas 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 Vassar
Communities Also Named Vassar ...
We found five communities that are also named Vassar.
Within Kansas, the name Vassar is unique.
Beyond Kansas, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Idaho
- Latah County
- This Vassar is located in Latah County and lies 1,200 miles [1,931.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Vassar that is located in Osage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Latah County community of Vassar.
- Manitoba
- This Vassar lies 721 miles [1,160.3 km]<1> to the north of the Vassar that is located in Osage County.
- Michigan
- Tuscola County
- This Vassar is located in Tuscola County and lies 706 miles [1,136.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Vassar that is located in Osage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscola County community of Vassar.
- Mississippi
- Monroe County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Vassar [Monroe County].
- Washington
- Adams County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Vassar [Adams County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vassar ...
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.
- Carbondale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Carbondale is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,347 people
- Four Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Four Corners is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Globe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Homewood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Michigan Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Michigan Valley is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Valley
- Mineral Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ransomville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Silkville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Silkville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silkville
- Silkville has also been known as:
- Boissiere Silk Farm
- Valeton
- Swissvale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Swissvale is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swissvale
How Far From Vassar 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 community such as Vassar to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Vassar and extending to:
- Lyndon, which is the Seat of Osage County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Vassar to Topeka, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 998 miles [1,606.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
- The shortest distance<5> 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).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,378 miles [11,873.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,268 miles [8,478 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Vassar) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Vassar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Vassar 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. |
| <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 Vassar 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 Vassar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6474, Longitude: -95.6223 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.717 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.968 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.26 degrees. |
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