Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Winfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Winfield and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Winfield
- 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 Winfield:
- 37.240388, -96.985705
- 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 Winfield
- 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 Winfield is near Sumner County and also Kay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Sumner County
- eBird sighting report for Kay 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 Winfield ...
We found 27 communities that share the name Winfield.
Within Kansas, the name Winfield is unique.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 24 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Alberta
- This Winfield lies 1,371 miles [2,206.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Winfield that is located in Cowley County.
- Arkansas
- British Columbia
- This Winfield lies 1,416 miles [2,278.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Winfield that is located in Cowley County.
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Maryland
- Carroll County
- This Winfield is located in Carroll County and lies 1,087 miles [1,749.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Winfield that is located in Cowley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Winfield.
- Howard County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Winfield [Howard County].
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New Jersey
- New York
- Herkimer County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Winfield [Herkimer County].
- Queens County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Winfield [Queens County].
- Ohio
- Ontario
- This Winfield lies 966 miles [1,554.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Winfield that is located in Cowley County.
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- West Virginia
- Marion County
- This Winfield is located in Marion County and lies 926 miles [1,490.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Winfield that is located in Cowley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Winfield.
- Putnam County
- This Winfield is located in Putnam County and lies 826 miles [1,329.3 km] to the east of the Winfield that is located in Cowley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Winfield.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Winfield ...
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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Floral
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Hardy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast) - Kellogg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Maple City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple City
- Maple City is located in Cowley County
- Rainbow Bend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainbow Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Bend
- Rainbow Bend is located in Cowley County
- Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- 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 <5>
- Silverdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverdale
- Silverdale is located in Cowley County
- Smileyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smileyville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smileyville
- Smileyville is located in Butler County
How Far From Winfield 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 Winfield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Winfield and extending to:
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Winfield to Topeka, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,088 miles [1,751 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,754 miles [10,869.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,500 miles [12,070.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,389 miles [8,672.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Winfield: www.winfieldks.org/
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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Winfield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Winfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2404, Longitude: -96.9857 |
| <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 Winfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Winfield 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. |
| <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 Winfield 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 320.546 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.754 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.161 degrees. |