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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 Black Bear, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Black Bear 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 Black Bear:
- 36.340598, -97.219765
- 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 Black Bear
- 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 Noble County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Noble County
- Since Black Bear is near Pawnee County and also Logan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pawnee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Logan 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 Black Bear
Communities Also Named Black Bear ...
We found three communities that are also named Black Bear.
Within Oklahoma, the name Black Bear is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Siskiyou 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 California community of Black Bear [Siskiyou County].
- Idaho
- Shoshone County
- This Black Bear is located in Shoshone County and lies 1,223 miles [1,968.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Black Bear that is located in Noble County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shoshone County community of Black Bear.
- Pennsylvania
- Berks 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 Pennsylvania community of Black Bear [Berks County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Black Bear ...
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.
- Old Bliss
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Old Bliss is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bliss
- Orlando
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Petes Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Petes Corner is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petes Corner
- Polk
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Polk is located in Kay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Rambo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rambo is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rambo
- Red Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Stillwater
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- White Eagle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- White Eagle is located in Kay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eagle
How Far From Black Bear 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 Black Bear to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Black Bear and extending to:
- Perry, which is the Seat of Noble County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Black Bear to Oklahoma City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,115 miles [1,794.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,810 miles [10,959.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,554 miles [12,157 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,442 miles [8,758.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Black Bear 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Black Bear) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Black Bear 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 Black Bear. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3406, Longitude: -97.2198 In this case, the coordinates for Black Bear have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.625 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.734 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.406 degrees. |
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