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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 Cove Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cove Acres 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 Cove Acres:
- 34.831456, -98.336997
- 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 Cove Acres
- 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 Cove Acres is near Caddo County and also Grady 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 Grady 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 Cove Acres
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cove Acres ...
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.
- Cement
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Corral Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Corral Crossing is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corral Crossing
- Cyril
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Edgewater Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Edgewater Park is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Four Mile Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Four Mile Crossing is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Mile Crossing
- Medicine Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Peachtree Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Peachtree Crossing is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Crossing
- Pine Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Ridge is located in Caddo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Porter Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Porter Hill is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Hill
How Far From Cove Acres 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 Cove Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cove Acres and extending to:
- Lawton, which is the Seat of Comanche County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cove Acres to Lawton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 63 miles [101.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,206 miles [1,940.9 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 6,931 miles [11,154.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,674 miles [12,350.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,560 miles [8,948 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cove Acres) 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 Cove Acres 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 Cove Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8315, Longitude: -98.3370 In this case, the coordinates for Cove Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.234 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.261 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.135 degrees. |
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