Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Boone, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boone and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Boone
- 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 Boone:
- 34.898676, -98.462002
- 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 Boone
- 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 Caddo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Caddo County
- Since Boone is near Comanche County and also Kiowa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Comanche County
- eBird sighting report for Kiowa 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 Boone ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Boone.
Within Oklahoma, the name Boone is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- North Carolina
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boone ...
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.
- Cache Wye
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest) - Corral Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corral Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corral Crossing
- Corral Crossing is located in Comanche County
- Cyril
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cyril have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyril
- Cyril is located in Caddo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,002 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cyril <5>
- Edgewater Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgewater Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Edgewater Park is located in Comanche County
- Four Mile Crossing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Mile Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Mile Crossing
- Four Mile Crossing is located in Comanche County
- Indian City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian City
- Indian City is located in Caddo County
- Medicine Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medicine Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Park
- Medicine Park is located in Comanche County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medicine Park <5>
- Peachtree Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peachtree Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Crossing
- Peachtree Crossing is located in Comanche County
- Pine Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Pine Ridge is located in Caddo County
- Porter Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Porter Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Hill
- Porter Hill is located in Comanche County
- Squaretop
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Boone 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 Boone to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Boone and extending to:
- Anadarko, which is the Seat of Caddo County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Boone to Anadarko, with an average speed<6> 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 66 miles [106.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,211 miles [1,948.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 69 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,932 miles [11,156 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,675 miles [12,351.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,562 miles [8,951.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Boone. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Oklahoma: https://www.ok.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Boone) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Boone. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8987, Longitude: -98.4620 In this case, the coordinates for Boone have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Boone, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Boone 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. |
| <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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Boone to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.328 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.379 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.186 degrees. |