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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 Cantonment, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cantonment 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 Cantonment:
- 36.100157, -98.617124
- 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 Cantonment
- 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 Blaine County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blaine County
- Since Cantonment is near Dewey County and also Major County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dewey County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Major 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 Cantonment
Communities Also Named Cantonment ...
We found one communities that are also named Cantonment.
Within Oklahoma, the name Cantonment is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, there is another community also named Cantonment in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Escambia County
- This Cantonment is located in Escambia County and lies 751 miles [1,208.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cantonment that is located in Blaine County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Cantonment.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cantonment ...
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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cedar Springs is located in Major County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Chester
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cheyenne Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cheyenne Valley is located in Major County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne Valley
- Dane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dane is located in Major County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dane
- Eagle City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Eagle City is located in Blaine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Fay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Homestead
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Homestead is located in Blaine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Longdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Orion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Orion is located in Major County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
- Parallel
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Parallel is located in Dewey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parallel
How Far From Cantonment 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 Cantonment to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Cantonment once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Cantonment and extending to:
- Watonga, which is the Seat of Blaine County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cantonment to Watonga, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day 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 75 miles [120.7 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,195 miles [1,923.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 68 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,872 miles [11,059.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,619 miles [12,261.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,509 miles [8,865.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cantonment) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 Cantonment, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Cantonment 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 Cantonment. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1002, Longitude: -98.6171 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.567 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.806 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.114 degrees. |
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