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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 Arapaho, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Arapaho 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 Arapaho:
- 35.577619, -98.964035
- 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 Arapaho
- 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 Custer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Custer County
- Since Arapaho is near Washita County and also Dewey County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washita County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dewey 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 Arapaho
Curious and Interesting Names Near Arapaho ...
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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cody
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cody is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
- Colony
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Corn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dead Women Crossing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dead Women Crossing is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dead Women Crossing
- Dill City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hydro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Independence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Independence is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Indianapolis
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Indianapolis is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianapolis
- Ralph
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ralph is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Sunset
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sunset is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
How Far From Arapaho 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 town such as Arapaho to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Arapaho and extending to:
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Arapaho 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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,223 miles [1,968.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 70 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,912 miles [11,123.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,659 miles [12,326 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,548 miles [8,928.6 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 '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- Arapaho) 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 Arapaho 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 Arapaho. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5776, Longitude: -98.9640 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.752 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.96 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.346 degrees. |
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