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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 Chatto Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chatto Crossing 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 Chatto Crossing:
- 34.685627, -98.387553
- 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 Chatto Crossing
- 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 Comanche County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Comanche County
- Since Chatto Crossing is near Caddo County and also Stephens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caddo County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stephens 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 Chatto Crossing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chatto Crossing ...
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.
- Cache
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cache Wye
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cache Wye is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache Wye
- Corral Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Corral Crossing is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corral Crossing
- Edgewater Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Edgewater Park is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Four Mile Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Four Mile Crossing is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Mile Crossing
- Geronimo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Medicine Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Peachtree Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Peachtree Crossing is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Crossing
- Porter Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Porter Hill is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Hill
- Pumpkin Center ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pumpkin Center is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
How Far From Chatto Crossing 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 Chatto Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Chatto Crossing and extending to:
- Lawton, which is the Seat of Comanche County, lies just to the South.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Chatto Crossing to Oklahoma City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,212 miles [1,950.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 69 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,940 miles [11,168.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,683 miles [12,364.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,569 miles [8,962.4 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chatto Crossing) 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 Chatto Crossing 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 Chatto Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6856, Longitude: -98.3876 In this case, the coordinates for Chatto Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.252 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.264 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.176 degrees. |
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