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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 Willowdale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Willowdale and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Willowdale:
    • 37.515168, -98.300536
    • 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 Willowdale
  • 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 Willowdale ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Willowdale.

There is one other community in Kansas which is also named Willowdale.

Beyond Kansas, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Kansas ...
    • Dickinson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Willowdale [Dickinson County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Pulaski 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 Arkansas community of Willowdale [Pulaski County].
    • Louisiana
      • Jefferson Parish
      • This Willowdale is located in Jefferson Parish and lies 696 miles [1,120.1 km]<3> to the southeast of the Willowdale that is located in Kingman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson Parish community of Willowdale.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Willowdale is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 1,176 miles [1,892.6 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Willowdale that is located in Kingman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Willowdale.
    • Massachusetts
      • Middlesex County
      • This Willowdale is located in Middlesex County and lies 1,458 miles [2,346.4 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Willowdale that is located in Kingman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Willowdale.
    • Nebraska
      • Antelope County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Willowdale [Antelope County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Grafton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Willowdale [Grafton County].
    • New Jersey
      • Camden County
      • This Willowdale is located in Camden County and lies 1,263 miles [2,032.6 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Willowdale that is located in Kingman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Willowdale.
    • Nova Scotia
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Willowdale.
    • Ontario
      • This Willowdale lies 1,076 miles [1,731.7 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Willowdale that is located in Kingman County.
    • Oregon
      • Jefferson County
      • This Willowdale is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,274 miles [2,050.3 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Willowdale that is located in Kingman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Willowdale.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Chester County
      • This Willowdale is located in Chester County and lies 1,224 miles [1,969.8 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Willowdale that is located in Kingman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Willowdale.
    • West Virginia
      • Jackson County
      • This Willowdale is located in Jackson County and lies 905 miles [1,456.5 km]<3> to the east of the Willowdale that is located in Kingman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Willowdale.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Willowdale ...

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.

  • Basil
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Basil have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basil
    • Basil is located in Kingman County
  • Cairo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
    • Cairo is located in Pratt County
  • Crystal Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
    • Crystal Springs is located in Harper County
  • Elm Mills
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Mills
    • Elm Mills is located in Barber County
  • Georgia
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
    • Georgia is located in Kingman County
  • Harper
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jordan Springs
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jordan Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Springs
    • Jordan Springs is located in Reno County
  • Kingman
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Medicine Lodge
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Pixley
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pixley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pixley
    • Pixley is located in Barber County

How Far From Willowdale 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 Willowdale to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Willowdale and extending to:

  • Kingman, which is the Seat of Kingman County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Willowdale to Kingman, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 177 miles [284.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,155 miles [1,858.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 66 days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,785 miles [10,919.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,534 miles [12,124.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,427 miles [8,733.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Willowdale. 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 Willowdale 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>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 Willowdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Willowdale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Willowdale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5152, Longitude: -98.3005    
<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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>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.
<8>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 Willowdale to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.484 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.882 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.767 degrees.




 

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