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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 Bartlesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bartlesville 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 Bartlesville:
- 36.747554, -95.976782
- 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 Bartlesville
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Bartlesville is near Osage County and also Nowata County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Osage County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nowata 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 Bartlesville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bartlesville ...
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.
- Bigheart
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bigheart is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigheart
- Cotton Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cotton Valley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Valley
- Delaware
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Dewey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Herd
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Hill is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Hogshooter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Torpedo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Torpedo is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torpedo
How Far From Bartlesville 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 city such as Bartlesville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bartlesville and extending to:
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 123 miles [197.9 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Bartlesville to Oklahoma City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,041 miles [1,675.3 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 6,745 miles [10,855 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,487 miles [12,049.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,373 miles [8,647 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- Bartlesville) 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 Bartlesville 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 Bartlesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7476, Longitude: -95.9768 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.812 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.837 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.749 degrees. |
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