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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 Alsuma, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Alsuma 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 Alsuma:
- 36.095097, -95.863601
- 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 Alsuma
- 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 Tulsa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tulsa County
- Since Alsuma is near Wagoner County and also Rogers County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wagoner County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rogers 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 Alsuma
Curious and Interesting Names Near Alsuma ...
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.
- Broken Arrow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carbondale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Carbondale is located in Tulsa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Garden City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Garden City is located in Tulsa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Jenks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lynn Lane
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lynn Lane is located in Tulsa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Lane
- Mingo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mingo is located in Tulsa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo
- Mohawk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mohawk is located in Tulsa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
- Red Fork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Red Fork is located in Tulsa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Fork
- Tiger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tiger is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger
- Union
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Union is located in Tulsa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Alsuma 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 community such as Alsuma to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Alsuma and extending to:
- Tulsa, which is the Seat of Tulsa County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Alsuma to Oklahoma City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,047 miles [1,685 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 60 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 7,516 miles [12,095.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,399 miles [8,688.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Alsuma) 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 Alsuma 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 Alsuma. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0951, Longitude: -95.8636 In this case, the coordinates for Alsuma have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.677 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.596 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.795 degrees. |
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