Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Keenan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Keenan and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Keenan
- 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 Keenan:
- 36.275873, -99.569558
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Keenan
- 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 Woodward County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Woodward County
- Since Keenan is near Ellis County and also Dewey County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Ellis County
- eBird sighting report for Dewey 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Keenan ...
We found five communities that share the name Keenan.
Within Oklahoma, the name Keenan is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Keenan ...
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.
- Fargo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fargo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Fargo is located in Ellis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fargo <4>
- Fort Supply
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Supply
- Fort Supply is located in Woodward County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Supply <4>
- Gage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gage have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Gage is located in Ellis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gage <4>
- May
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- May is located in Harper County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for May <4>
- Mooreland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreland
- Mooreland is located in Woodward County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,141 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mooreland <4>
- Mutual
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Mutual is located in Woodward County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mutual <4>
- Trail
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Keenan 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 Keenan to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Keenan and extending to:
- Woodward, which is the Seat of Woodward County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Keenan to Woodward, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 128 miles [206 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,242 miles [1,998.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 49 days and walking would take 71 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,895 miles [11,096.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,644 miles [12,301.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,538 miles [8,912.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Keenan. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Oklahoma: https://www.ok.gov/
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Keenan 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Keenan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Keenan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2759, Longitude: -99.5696 In this case, the coordinates for Keenan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Keenan to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.251 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.629 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.558 degrees. |