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 Limestone Gap:
34.600650, -95.971381
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 Limestone Gap
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 Atoka County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found one communities that are also named Limestone Gap.
Within Oklahoma, the name Limestone Gap is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, there is another community also named Limestone Gap in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Delaware
New Castle County
This Limestone Gap is located in New Castle County and lies 1,169 miles [1,881.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Limestone Gap that is located in Atoka County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Limestone Gap.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Limestone Gap ...
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.
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 Limestone Gap to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Limestone Gap and extending to:
Atoka, which is the Seat of Atoka County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Limestone Gap to Atoka, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 105 miles [169 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,086 miles [1,747.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,857 miles [11,035.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,595 miles [12,223 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,475 miles [8,811.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Limestone Gap) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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 Limestone Gap 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 Limestone Gap. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6007, Longitude: -95.9714 In this case, the coordinates for Limestone Gap have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.601 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.318 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.059 degrees.