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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 Burneyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burneyville 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 Burneyville:
- 33.907804, -97.289947
- 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 Burneyville
- 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 Love County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Love County
- Since Burneyville is near Cooke County and also Carter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cooke County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carter 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 Burneyville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Burneyville ...
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.
- Cheek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cheek is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheek
- Greenville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenville is located in Love County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Illinois Bend
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jimtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Leon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Marysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pike
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pike is located in Love County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Thackerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Burneyville 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 Burneyville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Burneyville and extending to:
- Marietta, which is the Seat of Love County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Burneyville to Marietta, 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 108 miles [173.8 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,174 miles [1,889.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,942 miles [11,172.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,681 miles [12,361.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,563 miles [8,952.8 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 from Point A (ie- Burneyville) 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 Burneyville 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 Burneyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9078, Longitude: -97.2899 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.411 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.18 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.754 degrees. |
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