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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 Darrow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Darrow 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 Darrow:
- 36.098093, -98.388408
- 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 Darrow
- 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 Blaine County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blaine County
- Since Darrow is near Major County and also Kingfisher County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Major County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kingfisher 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 Darrow
Communities Also Named Darrow ...
We found three communities that are also named Darrow.
Within Oklahoma, the name Darrow is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Iroquois County
- This Darrow is located in Iroquois County and lies 664 miles [1,068.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Darrow that is located in Blaine County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iroquois County community of Darrow.
- Louisiana
- Ascension Parish
- This Darrow is located in Ascension Parish and lies 594 miles [956 km]<1> to the southeast of the Darrow that is located in Blaine County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ascension Parish community of Darrow.
- Wisconsin
- Jackson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Darrow [Jackson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Darrow ...
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.
- Cedar Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Springs is located in Major County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Crystal Lakes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Major County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Dane
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dane is located in Major County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dane
- Eagle City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle City is located in Blaine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Homestead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Homestead is located in Blaine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Lacey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lacey is located in Kingfisher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
- Longdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Loyal
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Piper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Piper is located in Major County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
How Far From Darrow 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 Darrow to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Darrow and extending to:
- Watonga, which is the Seat of Blaine County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Darrow to Watonga, with an average speed<4> 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 five to six hours.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 65 miles [104.6 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 1,182 miles [1,902.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 68 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,864 miles [11,046.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,610 miles [12,247.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,500 miles [8,851.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Darrow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Darrow 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Darrow 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 Darrow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0981, Longitude: -98.3884 In this case, the coordinates for Darrow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.407 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.619 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.003 degrees. |
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