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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 Zarah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Zarah and the surrounding area.
- 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 Zarah:
- 39.007202, -94.823562
- 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 Zarah
- 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 Johnson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
- Since Zarah is near Wyandotte County and also Leavenworth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wyandotte County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Leavenworth 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 Zarah
Communities Also Named Zarah ...
We found two communities that are also named Zarah.
There are two communities within Kansas that are also named Zarah.
Beyond Kansas.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Barton 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 Zarah [Barton County].
- Butler 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 Zarah [Butler County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Zarah ...
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.
- Cedar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cedar is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Craig
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Craig is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- De Soto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Edwardsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Frisbie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Frisbie is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisbie
- Grandview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Grandview is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Holliday
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Little Kaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Little Kaw is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Kaw
- Stony Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Point is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Sunflower
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sunflower is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
How Far From Zarah 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 community such as Zarah to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Zarah and extending to:
- Olathe, which is the Seat of Johnson County, lies just to the South.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Zarah to Topeka, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 953 miles [1,533.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,585 miles [10,597.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,331 miles [11,798.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,220 miles [8,400.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Zarah 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Zarah) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Zarah to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Zarah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0072, Longitude: -94.8236 In this case, the coordinates for Zarah have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.192 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.406 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.799 degrees. |
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