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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 Dibble, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dibble 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 Dibble:
- 35.035718, -97.629529
- 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 Dibble
- 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 Dibble is near Grady County and also Garvin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grady County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Garvin 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 Dibble
Communities Also Named Dibble ...
We found two communities that are also named Dibble.
Within Oklahoma, the name Dibble is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Midland 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 Michigan community of Dibble [Midland County].
- South Carolina
- Orangeburg 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 South Carolina community of Dibble [Orangeburg County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dibble ...
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.
- Amber
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Erin Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Erin Springs is located in Garvin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Springs
- Population from the 2010 Census: 87 people
- Hall Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hall Park is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Park
- Maysville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Noble
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Norman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Slaughterville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Slaughterville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,359 people
- Sooner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sooner is located in Grady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sooner
- Story
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Story is located in Garvin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
How Far From Dibble 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 town such as Dibble to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Dibble and extending to:
- Purcell, which is the Seat of McClain County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Dibble to Purcell, 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 four to five hours.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 30 miles [48.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,164 miles [1,873.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,895 miles [11,096.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,637 miles [12,290.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,521 miles [8,885.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Dibble 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Dibble) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Dibble 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 Dibble. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0357, Longitude: -97.6295 In this case, the coordinates for Dibble have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.771 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.743 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.775 degrees. |
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