Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Letitia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Letitia and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Letitia
- 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 Letitia:
- 34.579521, -98.211712
- 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 Letitia
- 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 Comanche County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Comanche County
- Since Letitia is near Stephens County and also Cotton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Stephens County
- eBird sighting report for Cotton 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 Letitia ...
We found four communities that share the name Letitia.
Within Oklahoma, the name Letitia is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Clark 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 Kansas community of Letitia [Clark County].
- Thomas 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 Kansas community of Letitia [Thomas County].
- Kentucky
- North Carolina
- Kansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Letitia ...
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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corral Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corral Crossing
- Corral Crossing is located in Comanche County
- Empire City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Empire City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
- Empire City is located in Stephens County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 889 people
- Gas City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Geronimo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geronimo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geronimo
- Geronimo is located in Comanche County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geronimo <4>
- Nellie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Oil City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Peachtree Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peachtree Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Crossing
- Peachtree Crossing is located in Comanche County
- Pumpkin Center ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pumpkin Center. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Pumpkin Center is located in Comanche County
How Far From Letitia 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 community such as Letitia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Letitia and extending to:
- Lawton, which is the Seat of Comanche County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Letitia to Lawton, with an average speed<6> 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 72 miles [115.9 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 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,206 miles [1,940.9 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,940 miles [11,168.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,682 miles [12,363 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,567 miles [8,959.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Letitia. 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 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 Letitia 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- Letitia) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Letitia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5795, Longitude: -98.2117 In this case, the coordinates for Letitia 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Letitia to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.119 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.094 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.105 degrees. |