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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 Faxon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Faxon 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 Faxon:
- 34.460266, -98.579364
- 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 Faxon
- 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 Faxon is near Cotton County and also Tillman County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cotton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tillman 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 Faxon
Communities Also Named Faxon ...
We found four communities that are also named Faxon.
Within Oklahoma, the name Faxon is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Calloway County
- This Faxon is located in Calloway County and lies 605 miles [973.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Faxon that is located in Comanche County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calloway County community of Faxon.
- Minnesota
- Sibley 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 Minnesota community of Faxon [Sibley County].
- Pennsylvania
- Lycoming County
- This Faxon is located in Lycoming County and lies 1,263 miles [2,032.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Faxon that is located in Comanche County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lycoming County community of Faxon.
- Tennessee
- Benton County
- This Faxon is located in Benton County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Faxon that is located in Comanche County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Faxon.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Faxon ...
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.
- Cache
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cache Wye
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cache Wye is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache Wye
- Cookietown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cookietown is located in Cotton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookietown
- Corral Crossing
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Corral Crossing is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corral Crossing
- Four Mile Crossing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Four Mile Crossing is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Mile Crossing
- Geronimo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Loveland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Medicine Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Peachtree Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Peachtree Crossing is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Crossing
How Far From Faxon to ...
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 town such as Faxon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Faxon and extending to:
- Lawton, which is the Seat of Comanche County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Faxon to Lawton, 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 91 miles [146.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,228 miles [1,976.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 70 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,959 miles [11,199.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,702 miles [12,395.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,588 miles [8,993 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Faxon) 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 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 Faxon 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 Faxon 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 Faxon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4603, Longitude: -98.5794 In this case, the coordinates for Faxon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.357 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.36 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.292 degrees. |
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