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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 Bowlegs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bowlegs 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 Bowlegs:
- 35.148957, -96.670217
- 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 Bowlegs
- 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 Seminole County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Seminole County
- Since Bowlegs is near Pottawatomie County and also Hughes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pottawatomie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hughes 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 Bowlegs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bowlegs ...
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.
- Holdenville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Little
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Little is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little
- Maud
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Neal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Neal is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
- Nobletown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nobletown is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobletown
- Pleasant Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Sacred Heart
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wolf
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wolf is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
How Far From Bowlegs 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 town such as Bowlegs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bowlegs and extending to:
- Wewoka, which is the Seat of Seminole County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Bowlegs to Wewoka, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 52 miles [83.7 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,110 miles [1,786.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 63 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,854 miles [11,030.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,594 miles [12,221.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,477 miles [8,814.4 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 '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- Bowlegs) 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 Bowlegs 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 Bowlegs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1490, Longitude: -96.6702 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.13 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.006 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.309 degrees. |
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