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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 Hulen, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hulen 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 Hulen:
- 34.507098, -98.221755
- 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 Hulen
- 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 Cotton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cotton County
- Since Hulen is near Comanche County and also Stephens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Comanche County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stephens 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 Hulen
Communities Also Named Hulen ...
We found one communities that are also named Hulen.
Within Oklahoma, the name Hulen is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, there is another community also named Hulen in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Bell 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 Kentucky community of Hulen [Bell County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hulen ...
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.
- Corral Crossing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Corral Crossing is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corral Crossing
- Empire City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Empire City is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 889 people
- Fivemile Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fivemile Corner is located in Cotton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile Corner
- Gas City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gas City is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas City
- Geronimo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Liberty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Liberty is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Meridian
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Meridian is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Nellie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nellie is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Oil City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Oil City is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Peachtree Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Peachtree Crossing is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Crossing
- Pumpkin Center ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
How Far From Hulen to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hulen to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Hulen and extending to:
- Walters, which is the Seat of Cotton County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hulen to Walters, with an average speed<4> 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 77 miles [123.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,208 miles [1,944.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 69 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,944 miles [11,175.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,686 miles [12,369.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,571 miles [8,965.7 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 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 Hulen 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' (or 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- Hulen) 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 Hulen 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 Hulen. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5071, Longitude: -98.2218 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.117 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.083 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.118 degrees. |
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