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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 Aqua Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Aqua Park 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 Aqua Park:
- 35.620373, -95.076068
- 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 Aqua Park
- 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 Sequoyah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sequoyah County
- Since Aqua Park is near Muskogee County and also Cherokee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Muskogee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee 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 Aqua Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Aqua Park ...
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.
- Blackgum
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Blackgum is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackgum
- Box
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Box is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box
- Braggs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Evening Shade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Evening Shade is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evening Shade
- Gore
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gore Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gore Landing is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gore Landing
- Paradise Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Paradise Hill is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Pumpkin Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pumpkin Center is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Sour John
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sour John is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sour John
How Far From Aqua Park to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Aqua Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Aqua Park and extending to:
- Sallisaw, which is the Seat of Sequoyah County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Aqua Park to Sallisaw, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 137 miles [220.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,015 miles [1,633.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,771 miles [10,896.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,509 miles [12,084.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,390 miles [8,674.4 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' (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- Aqua Park) 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 Aqua Park 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 Aqua Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6204, Longitude: -95.0761 In this case, the coordinates for Aqua Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.102 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.866 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.498 degrees. |
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