Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Bixby, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bixby and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bixby
- 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 Bixby:
- 35.941584, -95.881750
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Bixby
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Tulsa County
- Since Bixby is near Okmulgee County and also Wagoner County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Okmulgee County
- eBird sighting report for Wagoner 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Bixby ...
We found ten communities that share the name Bixby.
Within Oklahoma, the name Bixby is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Illinois
- Saint Clair County
- This Bixby is located in Saint Clair County and lies 357 miles [574.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Bixby that is located in Tulsa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Bixby.
- Vermilion 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 Illinois community of Bixby [Vermilion County].
- Kentucky
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- North Carolina
- South Dakota
- Texas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bixby ...
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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Arrow
- Broken Arrow is located in Tulsa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111,648 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broken Arrow <3>
- Hectorville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hectorville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hectorville
- Hectorville is located in Okmulgee County
- Jenks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jenks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- Jenks is located in Tulsa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,257 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jenks <3>
- Leonard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
- Leonard is located in Tulsa County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leonard <3>
- Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Posey ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Stonebluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonebluff
- Stonebluff is located in Wagoner County
- Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
How Far From Bixby 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 city such as Bixby to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bixby and extending to:
- Tulsa, which is the Seat of Tulsa County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bixby to Tulsa, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 97 miles [156.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,051 miles [1,691.4 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,784 miles [10,917.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,524 miles [12,108.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,407 miles [8,701.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Bixby: www.bixby.com/
The official website for Tulsa County: www.tulsacounty.org/
The official website for State of Oklahoma: https://www.ok.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Bixby 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Bixby) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bixby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9416, Longitude: -95.8817 |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Bixby to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.675 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.575 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.827 degrees. |