Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wilmot, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wilmot and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wilmot
- 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 Wilmot:
- 37.376006, -96.875835
- 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 Wilmot
- 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 Cowley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Cowley County
- Since Wilmot is near Butler County and also Sumner County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Butler County
- eBird sighting report for Sumner 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 Wilmot ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Wilmot.
Within Kansas, the name Wilmot is unique.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and six are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Indiana
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- New Brunswick
- New Hampshire
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- This Wilmot lies 1,723 miles [2,772.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wilmot that is located in Cowley County.
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Prince Edward Island
- South Dakota
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wilmot ...
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.
- Dale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Floral
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Gordon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest) - Grand Summit
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Summit
- Grand Summit is located in Cowley County
- Kellogg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Rainbow Bend
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainbow Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Bend
- Rainbow Bend is located in Cowley County
- Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Rock is located in Cowley County
- Rock has also been known as:
- Rusk
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rock <4>
- Rose Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rose Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Rose Hill is located in Butler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,979 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rose Hill <4>
- Salter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - Smileyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smileyville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smileyville
- Smileyville is located in Butler County
How Far From Wilmot 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 Wilmot to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wilmot and extending to:
- Winfield, which is the Seat of Cowley County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wilmot to Winfield, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 132 miles [212.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,080 miles [1,738.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,743 miles [10,851.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,489 miles [12,052.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,378 miles [8,655.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wilmot. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Cowley County: www.cowleycounty.org/
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Wilmot) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wilmot. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3760, Longitude: -96.8758 |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Wilmot 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Wilmot to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.482 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.697 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.086 degrees. |