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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 Kaw City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kaw 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 Kaw City:
- 36.766130, -96.862493
- 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 Kaw 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 Kay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kay County
- Since Kaw City is near Osage County and also Cowley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Osage County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cowley 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 Kaw City
Communities Also Named Kaw City ...
We found one communities that are also named Kaw City.
Within Oklahoma, the name Kaw City is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, there is another community also named Kaw City in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Jefferson 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 Kaw City [Jefferson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kaw 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.
- Cooper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cooper is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Cross ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Grainville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Grainville is located in Kay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grainville
- Gray Horse
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hardy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hardy is located in Kay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
- Kildare
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kildare is located in Kay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kildare
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Little Chief
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maple City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Silverdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Silverdale is located in Cowley County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverdale
- White Eagle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Kaw City to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Kaw City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kaw City and extending to:
- Newkirk, which is the Seat of Kay County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Kaw City to Newkirk, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 97 miles [156.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,089 miles [1,752.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,775 miles [10,903.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,519 miles [12,100.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,407 miles [8,701.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Kaw 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 '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- Kaw City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Kaw 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 Kaw City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7661, Longitude: -96.8625 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.419 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.547 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.172 degrees. |
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