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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 West Johnson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Johnson 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 West Johnson:
- 38.492785, -97.675596
- 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 West Johnson
- 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 McPherson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McPherson County
- Since West Johnson is near Saline County and also Ellsworth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saline County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ellsworth 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 West Johnson
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Johnson ...
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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bavaria is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bavaria
- Bavaria has also been known as:
- Houch
- Groveland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Groveland is located in McPherson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Gypsum
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hallville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hallville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallville
- Jenkins
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jenkins is located in McPherson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Little River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mentor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mentor is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor
- Moundridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Terra Cotta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Terra Cotta is located in Ellsworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terra Cotta
- Yankee Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Yankee Run is located in Ellsworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Run
How Far From West Johnson to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as West Johnson to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in West Johnson and extending to:
- McPherson, which is the Seat of McPherson County, lies just to the South.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from West Johnson 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 1,110 miles [1,786.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 63 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,711 miles [10,800.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,460 miles [12,005.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,356 miles [8,619.6 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Johnson) 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 West Johnson 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 West Johnson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4928, Longitude: -97.6756 In this case, the coordinates for West Johnson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.13 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.589 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.308 degrees. |
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