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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 Gaddy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gaddy 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 Gaddy:
- 35.333125, -97.000857
- 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 Gaddy
- 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 Pottawatomie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pottawatomie County
- Since Gaddy is near Oklahoma County and also Cleveland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oklahoma County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cleveland 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 Gaddy
Communities Also Named Gaddy ...
We found one communities that are also named Gaddy.
Within Oklahoma, the name Gaddy is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, there is another community also named Gaddy in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- South Carolina
- Marion 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 Gaddy [Marion County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gaddy ...
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.
- Dale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dale is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Fowler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fowler is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Garden Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Garden Grove is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Grove
- Hazel Dell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hazel Dell is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell
- Jacktown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jacktown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
- Little Axe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Little Axe is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Axe
- Meeker
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Neal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Neal is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
- Pink
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pink is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,187 people
How Far From Gaddy 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 Gaddy to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Gaddy and extending to:
- Shawnee, which is the Seat of Pottawatomie County, lies just to the East.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Gaddy to Oklahoma City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,124 miles [1,808.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,856 miles [11,033.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,598 miles [12,227.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,482 miles [8,822.4 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Gaddy 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gaddy) 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 Gaddy 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 Gaddy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3331, Longitude: -97.0009 In this case, the coordinates for Gaddy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.374 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.315 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.44 degrees. |
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