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 Council Hill:
35.555904, -95.652537
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.
We found one communities that share the name Council Hill.
Within Oklahoma, the name Council Hill is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, there is another community also named Council Hill in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Illinois
Jo Daviess County
This Council Hill is located in Jo Daviess County and lies 556 miles [894.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Council Hill that is located in Muskogee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jo Daviess County community of Council Hill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Council Hill ...
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.
Duchess Landing (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duchess Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 town such as Council Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Council Hill and extending to:
Muskogee, which is the Seat of Muskogee County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Council Hill to Muskogee, with an average speed<3> 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 104 miles [167.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,047 miles [1,685 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 60 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,796 miles [10,937.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,534 miles [12,124.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,417 miles [8,717.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Council Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Council Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5559, Longitude: -95.6525 In this case, the coordinates for Council Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<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 Council Hill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.483 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.302 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.776 degrees.