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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 Felt, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Felt 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 Felt:
    • 36.563823, -102.793185
    • 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 Felt
  • 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 Cimarron County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cimarron County
    • Since Felt is near Dallam County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dallam County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Felt

Communities Also Named Felt ...

We found one communities that are also named Felt.

Within Oklahoma, the name Felt is unique.

Beyond Oklahoma, there is another community also named Felt in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Idaho
      • Teton County
      • This Felt is located in Teton County and lies 670 miles [1,078.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Felt that is located in Cimarron County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Teton County community of Felt.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Felt ...

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.

  • Buffalo Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Buffalo Springs is located in Dallam County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
  • Coldwater
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Coldwater is located in Dallam County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
  • Moses
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)

How Far From Felt 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 community such as Felt to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Felt and extending to:

  • Boise City, which is the Seat of Cimarron County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Felt to Boise City, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 304 miles [489.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,411 miles [2,270.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 56 days and walking would take 81 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,986 miles [11,242.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,741 miles [12,457.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,647 miles [9,088 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Felt) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Felt 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 Felt. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5638, Longitude: -102.7932    
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.584 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.406 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.143 degrees.