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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 Kaylor:
43.188094, -97.837178
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We found three communities that share the name Kaylor.
Within South Dakota, the name Kaylor is unique.
Beyond South Dakota, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Randolph County
This Kaylor is located in Randolph County and lies 950 miles [1,528.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Kaylor that is located in Hutchinson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Kaylor.
Pennsylvania
Armstrong County
This Kaylor is located in Armstrong County and lies 941 miles [1,514.4 km]<1> to the east of the Kaylor that is located in Hutchinson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Kaylor.
Cambria County
This Kaylor is located in Cambria County and lies 1,001 miles [1,611 km] to the east of the Kaylor that is located in Hutchinson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Kaylor.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kaylor ...
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.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jamesville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Kaylor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kaylor and extending to:
Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 149 miles [239.8 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Kaylor to Pierre, with an average speed<5>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 1,119 miles [1,800.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,463 miles [10,401.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,221 miles [11,621.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,137 miles [8,267.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Kaylor) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kaylor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1881, Longitude: -97.8372
<2>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 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.
<6>
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 Kaylor to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.522 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.622 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.548 degrees.