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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 Carleton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carleton 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 Carleton:
- 36.015040, -98.520358
- 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 Carleton
- 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 Carleton 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 Carleton
Communities Also Named Carleton ...
We found six communities that are also named Carleton.
Within Oklahoma, the name Carleton is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, three are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Putnam County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Carleton [Putnam County].
- Michigan
- Monroe County
- This Carleton is located in Monroe County and lies 910 miles [1,464.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Carleton that is located in Blaine County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Carleton.
- Nebraska
- Thayer County
- This Carleton is located in Thayer County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km]<2> to the north of the Carleton that is located in Blaine County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Thayer County community of Carleton.
- Nova Scotia
- This Carleton lies 1,796 miles [2,890.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Carleton that is located in Blaine County.
- Prince Edward Island
- This Carleton lies 1,926 miles [3,099.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Carleton that is located in Blaine County.
- Quebec
- This Carleton lies 1,840 miles [2,961.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Carleton that is located in Blaine County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Carleton ...
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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cedar Springs is located in Major County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Cody
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cody is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
- Dane
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dane is located in Major County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dane
- Eagle City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle City is located in Blaine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Fay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Homestead
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Homestead is located in Blaine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Longdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Piper
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Piper is located in Major County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
How Far From Carleton 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 Carleton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Carleton and extending to:
- Watonga, which is the Seat of Blaine County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Carleton to Watonga, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 68 miles [109.4 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 about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,191 miles [1,916.7 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 6,873 miles [11,061 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,620 miles [12,263.2 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> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Carleton 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Carleton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Carleton 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 Carleton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0150, Longitude: -98.5204 In this case, the coordinates for Carleton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.49 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.706 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.078 degrees. |
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