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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 Alex, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Alex 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 Alex:
- 34.914898, -97.778842
- 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 Alex
- 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 Grady County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grady County
- Since Alex is near McClain County and also Garvin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McClain County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Garvin 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 Alex
Communities Also Named Alex ...
We found one communities that are also named Alex.
Within Oklahoma, the name Alex is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, there is another community also named Alex in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Wayne 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 Kentucky community of Alex [Wayne County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Alex ...
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.
- Acme
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Acme is located in Grady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Amber
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dibble
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Erin Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Farwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Farwell is located in Grady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
- Purdy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Purdy is located in Garvin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Rocky Ford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rocky Ford is located in Grady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Rush Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Story
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Story is located in Garvin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
How Far From Alex 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 town such as Alex to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Alex and extending to:
- Chickasha, which is the Seat of Grady County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Alex to Chickasha, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 40 miles [64.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,175 miles [1,891 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,906 miles [11,114.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,648 miles [12,308.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,533 miles [8,904.5 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 Alex 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 '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- Alex) 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 Alex 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 Alex. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9149, Longitude: -97.7788 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.86 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.832 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.861 degrees. |
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