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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 Voda, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Voda 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 Voda:
- 39.049174, -100.019848
- 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 Voda
- 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 Trego County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Trego County
- Since Voda is near Graham County and also Gove County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Graham County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gove 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 Voda
Curious and Interesting Names Near Voda ...
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.
- Arnold
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Arnold is located in Ness County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Fort Downer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fort Downer is located in Trego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Downer
- Grainfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hill City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hog Back
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hog Back is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Back
- Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Park is located in Gove County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Ransom
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
How Far From Voda 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 Voda to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Voda and extending to:
- WaKeeney, which is the Seat of Trego County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Voda to Topeka, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,230 miles [1,979.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 70 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,758 miles [10,875.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,513 miles [12,091 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,418 miles [8,719.4 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' (or 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- Voda) 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 Voda 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 Voda. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0492, Longitude: -100.0198 In this case, the coordinates for Voda have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.834 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.642 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.419 degrees. |
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