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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 Granite, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Granite 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 Granite:
    • 34.962531, -99.378468
    • 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 Granite
  • 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 Greer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greer County
    • Since Granite is near Kiowa County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kiowa County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Granite

Communities Also Named Granite ...

We found 23 communities that are also named Granite.

Within Oklahoma, the name Granite is unique.

Beyond Oklahoma, we know of 23 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, 22 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Granite lies 1,353 miles [2,177.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Granite that is located in Greer County.
    • Colorado
      • Chaffee County
      • This Granite is located in Chaffee County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Granite that is located in Greer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chaffee County community of Granite.
    • Idaho
      • Boise County
      • This Granite is located in Boise County and lies 1,076 miles [1,731.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Granite that is located in Greer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boise County community of Granite.
      • Bonner County
      • This Granite is located in Bonner County and lies 1,258 miles [2,024.6 km] to the northwest of the Granite that is located in Greer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bonner County community of Granite.
      • Kootenai 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 Idaho community of Granite [Kootenai County].
      • Shoshone County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Granite [Shoshone County].
    • Iowa
      • Lyon County
      • This Granite is located in Lyon County and lies 606 miles [975.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Granite that is located in Greer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyon County community of Granite.
    • Maine
      • Hancock 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 Maine community of Granite [Hancock County].
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Granite is located in Baltimore County and lies 1,272 miles [2,047.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Granite that is located in Greer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Granite.
    • Michigan
      • Marquette 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 Michigan community of Granite [Marquette County].
    • Montana
      • Deer Lodge 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 Montana community of Granite [Deer Lodge County].
      • Granite County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Granite [Granite County].
    • Nevada
      • Mineral County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Granite [Mineral County].
      • Nye County
      • This community is historic and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Granite.
    • New Hampshire
      • Carroll County
      • This Granite is located in Carroll County and lies 1,618 miles [2,603.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Granite that is located in Greer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Granite.
    • New York
      • Ulster County
      • This Granite is located in Ulster County and lies 1,432 miles [2,304.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Granite that is located in Greer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Granite.
    • Oregon
      • Grant County
      • This Granite is located in Grant County and lies 1,211 miles [1,948.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Granite that is located in Greer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Granite.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Adams 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 Pennsylvania community of Granite [Adams County].
    • Tennessee
      • Anderson County
      • This Granite is located in Anderson County and lies 857 miles [1,379.2 km]<1> to the east of the Granite that is located in Greer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Granite.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Granite is located in Salt Lake County and lies 789 miles [1,269.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Granite that is located in Greer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Granite.
    • Virginia
      • Chesterfield 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 Virginia community of Granite [Chesterfield County].
      • Richmond City
      • This Granite is located in Richmond City and lies 1,227 miles [1,974.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Granite that is located in Greer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond City community of Granite.
    • Wyoming
      • Laramie County
      • This Granite is located in Laramie County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Granite that is located in Greer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laramie County community of Granite.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Granite ...

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.

  • Blair
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • City View
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • City View is located in Greer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City View
  • Hobart
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jester
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Jester is located in Greer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jester
  • Lake Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Creek is located in Greer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Creek
  • Lone Wolf
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Martha
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Reed
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Reed is located in Greer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
  • Sentinel
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Willow
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)

How Far From Granite to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a town such as Granite to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Mangum, which is the Seat of Greer County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Granite to Mangum, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 110 miles [177 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 1,259 miles [2,026.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 72 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,960 miles [11,201 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,706 miles [12,401.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,595 miles [9,004.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Granite) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Granite 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Granite, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Granite 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 Granite. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9625, Longitude: -99.3785       In this case, the coordinates for Granite have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.97 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.141 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.617 degrees.