Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cheek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cheek and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cheek
- 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 Cheek:
- 34.078430, -97.282517
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Cheek
- 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 Carter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Carter County
- Since Cheek is near Love County and also Cooke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Love County
- eBird sighting report for Cooke 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Cheek ...
We found three communities that share the name Cheek.
Within Oklahoma, the name Cheek is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Texas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cheek ...
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.
- Cobalt Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cobalt Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobalt Junction
- Cobalt Junction is located in Carter County
- Dripping Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dripping Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dripping Springs
- Dripping Springs is located in Carter County
- Greenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Love County
- Jimtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Jimtown is located in Love County
- Leon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Leon is located in Love County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <4>
- Lone Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
- Lone Grove is located in Carter County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,190 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lone Grove <4>
- Oil City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Oil City is located in Carter County
- Pike
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Post Oak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
How Far From Cheek to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cheek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cheek and extending to:
- Ardmore, which is the Seat of Carter County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cheek to Ardmore, with an average speed<5> 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 96 miles [154.5 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,169 miles [1,881.3 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,933 miles [11,157.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,672 miles [12,346.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,554 miles [8,938.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cheek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Oklahoma: https://www.ok.gov/
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Cheek 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cheek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cheek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0784, Longitude: -97.2825 In this case, the coordinates for Cheek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Cheek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.426 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.219 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.73 degrees. |