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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 Chism, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chism 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 Chism:
- 34.912858, -96.936965
- 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 Chism
- 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 McClain County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McClain County
- Since Chism is near Pottawatomie County and also Pontotoc County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pottawatomie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pontotoc 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 Chism
Communities Also Named Chism ...
We found one communities that are also named Chism.
Within Oklahoma, the name Chism is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, there is another community also named Chism in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Dale 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 Alabama community of Chism [Dale County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chism ...
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.
- Box
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Box is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box
- Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Center is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Hart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hart is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- Maxwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Maxwell is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Oil Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oil Center is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Center
- Rosedale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rosedale is located in McClain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Sacred Heart
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sacred Heart is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart
- Union Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union Hill is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
How Far From Chism 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 community such as Chism to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Chism and extending to:
- Purcell, which is the Seat of McClain County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Chism to Purcell, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days 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 49 miles [78.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,130 miles [1,818.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,876 miles [11,065.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,616 miles [12,256.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,500 miles [8,851.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Chism 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chism) 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 Chism 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 Chism. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9129, Longitude: -96.9370 In this case, the coordinates for Chism have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.286 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.159 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.465 degrees. |
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