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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 Pushmataha, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pushmataha 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 Pushmataha:
- 32.193660, -88.353276
- 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 Pushmataha
- 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 Choctaw County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Choctaw County
- Since Pushmataha is near Clarke County and also Sumter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clarke County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter 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 Pushmataha
Communities Also Named Pushmataha ...
We found one communities that are also named Pushmataha.
Within Alabama, the name Pushmataha is unique.
Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Pushmataha in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Mississippi
- Coahoma 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 Mississippi community of Pushmataha [Coahoma County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pushmataha ...
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.
- Butler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chapel Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Chapel Hill is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Charles
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Charles is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles
- Cyril
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cyril is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyril
- Energy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Energy is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Energy
- Green Acres
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Green Acres is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Hurricane Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hurricane Creek is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Creek
- Land
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Land is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land
- Little Walker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Little Walker is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Walker
- Pine Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Ridge is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Riderwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Riderwood is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riderwood
- Rock Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rock Springs is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Whynot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Pushmataha to ...
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 Pushmataha to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Pushmataha and extending to:
- Butler, which is the Seat of Choctaw County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pushmataha to Butler, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 120 miles [193.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 785 miles [1,263.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,680 miles [10,750.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,388 miles [11,889.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,264 miles [8,471.6 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 Pushmataha 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pushmataha) 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 Pushmataha 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 Pushmataha. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1937, Longitude: -88.3533 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.513 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.075 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.178 degrees. |
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