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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 Boatman, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boatman 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 Boatman:
- 36.258426, -95.184408
- 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 Boatman
- 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 Mayes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mayes County
- Since Boatman is near Delaware County and also Cherokee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware 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 Boatman
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boatman ...
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.
- Hoot Owl
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hoot Owl is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoot Owl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4 people
- Iron Post
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Iron Post is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Post
- Locust Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Murphy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Murphy is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Pryor Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pryor Creek is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryor Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,392 people
- Pryor Creek has also been known as:
- Pryor
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pryor Creek <1>
- Pump Back
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pump Back is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pump Back
- Rose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sams Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sams Corner is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Corner
- Snake Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Snake Creek is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snake Creek
How Far From Boatman 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 Boatman to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Boatman and extending to:
- Pryor Creek, which is the Seat of Mayes County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Boatman to Oklahoma City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,007 miles [1,620.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of 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 6,742 miles [10,850.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,481 miles [12,039.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,364 miles [8,632.5 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Boatman) 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 Boatman 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 Boatman. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2584, Longitude: -95.1844 In this case, the coordinates for Boatman have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.233 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.10 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.45 degrees. |
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