Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Yates Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yates Center and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Yates Center

• 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 Yates Center:
  • 37.872537, -95.743040
  • 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 Yates Center

• 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 Woodson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Woodson County
  • Since Yates Center is near Wilson County and also Greenwood County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wilson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenwood 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 Yates Center

Communities Also Named Yates Center ...

We found one communities that are also named Yates Center.

Within Kansas, the name Yates Center is unique.

Beyond Kansas, there is another community also named Yates Center in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • New York
    • Orleans County
    • This Yates Center is located in Orleans County and lies 982 miles [1,580.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Yates Center that is located in Woodson County.
    • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans County community of Yates Center.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Yates Center ...

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.

• Buffalo
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Buffalo is located in Wilson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
• Cookville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Cookville is located in Woodson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookville
• Coyville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Coyville is located in Wilson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
• Geneva
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Geneva is located in Allen County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
• Hasty
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hasty is located in Woodson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
• Le Roy
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Le Roy is located in Coffey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Roy
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Le Roy <2>
• Rest
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Rest is located in Wilson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest
• Roper
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Roper is located in Wilson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
• Rose
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Rose is located in Woodson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose

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

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

• Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Yates Center to Topeka, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,013 miles [1,630.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,677 miles [10,745.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,422 miles [11,944.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,310 miles [8,545.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'