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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 Fort Washita, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Washita 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 Fort Washita:
- 34.102874, -96.546386
- 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 Fort Washita
- 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 Bryan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bryan County
- Since Fort Washita is near Johnston County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall 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 Fort Washita
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort Washita ...
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.
- Brown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brown is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
- Hopewell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell is located in Atoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Lee Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lee Heights is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Heights
- Little City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Little City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little City
- Mead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Olive
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Olive is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Platter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Robinson Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Robinson Corner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Corner
- Sand Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sand Point is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Point
- Silo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Silo is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
How Far From Fort Washita 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 Fort Washita to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fort Washita and extending to:
- Durant, which is the Seat of Bryan County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fort Washita to Durant, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 108 miles [173.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,129 miles [1,816.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,905 miles [11,112.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,642 miles [12,298.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,523 miles [8,888.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Fort Washita) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Fort Washita 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 Fort Washita. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1029, Longitude: -96.5464 In this case, the coordinates for Fort Washita have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.932 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.643 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.388 degrees. |
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