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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 Lugert, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lugert 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 Lugert:
- 34.896347, -99.275297
- 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 Lugert
- 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 Kiowa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kiowa County
- Since Lugert is near Greer County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Lugert
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lugert ...
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.
- Blair
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- City View
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- City View is located in Greer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City View
- Friendship
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Friendship is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
- Granite
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hobart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Creek is located in Greer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Creek
- Lone Wolf
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Martha
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Lugert to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lugert to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Lugert once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Lugert and extending to:
- Hobart, which is the Seat of Kiowa County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lugert to Hobart, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 106 miles [170.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 1,255 miles [2,019.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 49 days and walking would take 72 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,960 miles [11,201 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,706 miles [12,401.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,594 miles [9,002.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lugert, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Lugert) 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 Lugert 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 Lugert. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8963, Longitude: -99.2753 In this case, the coordinates for Lugert have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.891 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.04 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.575 degrees. |
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