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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 Lake Aluma, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Aluma 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 Lake Aluma:
- 35.533256, -97.448357
- 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 Lake Aluma
- 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 Oklahoma County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oklahoma County
- Since Lake Aluma is near Cleveland County and also Logan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cleveland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Logan 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 Lake Aluma
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Aluma ...
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.
- Bethany
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Choctaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Edmond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Forest Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Forest Park is located in Oklahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
- Green Pastures
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Green Pastures is located in Oklahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pastures
- Jones
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Valley Brook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Valley Brook is located in Oklahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Brook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Woodlawn Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn Park is located in Oklahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
How Far From Lake Aluma 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 town such as Lake Aluma to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lake Aluma and extending to:
- Oklahoma City, which is the Seat of Oklahoma County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies just to the southwest (SW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,143 miles [1,839.5 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Lake Aluma to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 65 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,861 miles [11,041.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,604 miles [12,237.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,490 miles [8,835.3 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Lake Aluma) 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 Lake Aluma 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 Lake Aluma. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5333, Longitude: -97.4484 In this case, the coordinates for Lake Aluma have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.70 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.722 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.625 degrees. |
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