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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 Caddo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Caddo 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 Caddo:
- 34.127295, -96.264703
- 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 Caddo
- 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 Bryan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bryan County
- Since Caddo is near Atoka County and also Johnston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Atoka County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnston 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 Caddo
Communities Also Named Caddo ...
We found eight communities that are also named Caddo.
Within Oklahoma, the name Caddo is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lawrence County
- This Caddo is located in Lawrence County and lies 520 miles [836.9 km]<1> to the east of the Caddo that is located in Bryan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Caddo.
- Kentucky
- Pendleton County
- This Caddo is located in Pendleton County and lies 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Caddo that is located in Bryan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pendleton County community of Caddo.
- Louisiana
- Caddo Parish
- This Caddo is located in Caddo Parish and lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Caddo that is located in Bryan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo Parish community of Caddo.
- Missouri
- Webster County
- This Caddo is located in Webster County and lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Caddo that is located in Bryan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Caddo.
- Texas
- Milam County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Milam County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Milam County community of Caddo.
- Stephens County
- This Caddo is located in Stephens County and lies 169 miles [272 km]<1> to the southwest of the Caddo that is located in Bryan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stephens County community of Caddo.
- Wilson County
- This Caddo is located in Wilson County and lies 347 miles [558.4 km] to the south southwest of the Caddo that is located in Bryan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Caddo.
- Virginia
- Pittsylvania County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Caddo [Pittsylvania County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Caddo ...
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.
- Blue
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Blue is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue
- Brown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Brown is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
- Cook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cook is located in Atoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Hopewell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell is located in Atoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Lee Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lee Heights is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Heights
- Roberta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Roberta is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
- Sevenmile Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sevenmile Corner is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevenmile Corner
- Silo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Caddo 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 town such as Caddo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Caddo and extending to:
- Durant, which is the Seat of Bryan County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Caddo to Durant, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 116 miles [186.7 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 1,114 miles [1,792.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,893 miles [11,093.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,630 miles [12,279.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,510 miles [8,867.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Caddo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Caddo, 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Caddo 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> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Caddo 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 Caddo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1273, Longitude: -96.2647 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.746 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.428 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.256 degrees. |
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