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 Eagletown:
34.034008, -94.574885
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 Eagletown
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 McCurtain County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that are also named Eagletown.
Within Oklahoma, the name Eagletown is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Indiana
Hamilton County
This Eagletown is located in Hamilton County and lies 620 miles [997.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Eagletown that is located in McCurtain County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Eagletown.
North Carolina
Northampton County
This Eagletown is located in Northampton County and lies 990 miles [1,593.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Eagletown that is located in McCurtain County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Eagletown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Eagletown ...
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.
Boring Crossing (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Eagletown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Eagletown and extending to:
Idabel, which is the Seat of McCurtain County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Eagletown to Idabel, 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 five to six hours.
Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 193 miles [310.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,028 miles [1,654.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,835 miles [10,999.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,567 miles [12,177.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,445 miles [8,762.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Eagletown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Eagletown 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 Eagletown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0340, Longitude: -94.5749
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.613 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.091 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.505 degrees.