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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 Kansas City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kansas City 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 Kansas City:
- 39.096944, -94.572240
- 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 Kansas City
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Kansas City is near Clay County and also Wyandotte County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wyandotte 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 Kansas City
Communities Also Named Kansas City ...
We found five communities that are also named Kansas City.
Within Missouri, the name Kansas City is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Anderson 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 Kansas City [Anderson County].
- Morton 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 Kansas community of Kansas City [Morton County].
- Wyandotte County
- This Kansas City is located in Wyandotte County and lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Kansas City that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyandotte County community of Kansas City.
- Oregon
- Washington County
- This Kansas City is located in Washington County and lies 1,516 miles [2,439.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Kansas City that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Kansas City.
- Tennessee
- Washington County
- This Kansas City is located in Washington County and lies 690 miles [1,110.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Kansas City that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Kansas City.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kansas City ...
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.
- Air Line Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Air Line Junction is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Line Junction
- Fairway
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grays Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grays Park is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Park
- Greenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Greenwood is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Harlem
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Harlem is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Kansas City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Maywood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mission
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mission is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,873 people
- Former name for Mission:
- Mission Hill Acres
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mission <3>
- Mission Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mission Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,533 people
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Mission Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Woods is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Moscow
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Moscow is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oaks is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Randolph
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Creek Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rock Creek Junction is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Junction
- Sugar Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
How Far From Kansas City 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 Kansas City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kansas City and extending to:
- Independence, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies just to the East.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 133 miles [214 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Kansas City to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4>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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 939 miles [1,511.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,572 miles [10,576.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,317 miles [11,775.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,206 miles [8,378.2 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 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 Kansas City 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Kansas City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Kansas City 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 Kansas City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0969, Longitude: -94.5722 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.026 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.225 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.658 degrees. |
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