Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Whiting, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whiting and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Whiting
- 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 Whiting:
- 39.587855, -95.611166
- 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 Whiting
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Whiting is near Atchison County and also Brown County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Atchison County
- eBird sighting report for Brown 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 Whiting ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Whiting.
Within Kansas, the name Whiting is unique.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Maine
- Michigan
- Missouri
- New Jersey
- Tennessee
- Vermont
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Whiting ...
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.
- Carbon ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Circleville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Circleville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circleville
- Circleville is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Circleville <5>
- Fidelity
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Goodintent ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goodintent have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
- Goodintent is located in Atchison County
- Granada
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granada
- Granada is located in Nemaha County
- Granada has also been known as:
- Pleasant Point
- Pleasant Spring
- Half Mound
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Mound
- Half Mound is located in Jefferson County
- Hiawatha
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha
- Hiawatha is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,091 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hiawatha <5>
- Soldier
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Soldier have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldier
- Soldier is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Soldier <5>
- Woodlawn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Whiting 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 city such as Whiting to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Whiting and extending to:
- Holton, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Whiting to Holton, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 37 miles [59.5 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 992 miles [1,596.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,582 miles [10,592.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,330 miles [11,796.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,224 miles [8,407.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Whiting. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Whiting 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. |
| <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- Whiting) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Whiting. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5879, Longitude: -95.6112 In this case, the coordinates for Whiting have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Whiting, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Whiting to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.77 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.149 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.083 degrees. |