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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 Bouse Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bouse Junction 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 Bouse Junction:
- 36.421702, -98.888982
- 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 Bouse Junction
- 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 Major County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Major County
- Since Bouse Junction is near Woodward County and also Woods County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Woodward County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Woods 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 Bouse Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bouse Junction ...
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.
- Cedar Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Springs is located in Major County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Chester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cheyenne Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cheyenne Valley is located in Major County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne Valley
- Dane
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dane is located in Major County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dane
- Fairvalley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fairvalley is located in Woods County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairvalley
- Mooreland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mutual
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Orion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Orion is located in Major County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
How Far From Bouse Junction 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 community such as Bouse Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bouse Junction and extending to:
- Fairview, which is the Seat of Major County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bouse Junction to Fairview, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 101 miles [162.5 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 1,203 miles [1,936 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 69 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,864 miles [11,046.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,612 miles [12,250.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,504 miles [8,857.8 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bouse Junction) 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 Bouse Junction 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 Bouse Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4217, Longitude: -98.8890 In this case, the coordinates for Bouse Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.789 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.106 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.205 degrees. |
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