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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 Manard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Manard 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 Manard:
- 35.812200, -95.118300
- 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 Manard
- 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 Cherokee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Since Manard is near Muskogee County and also Wagoner County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Muskogee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wagoner 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 Manard
Communities Also Named Manard ...
We found one communities that are also named Manard.
Within Oklahoma, the name Manard is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, there is another community also named Manard in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Warren 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 Virginia community of Manard [Warren County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Manard ...
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.
- Braggs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Meadows
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Meadows is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Meadows
- Lost City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lost City is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Mallard Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mallard Bay is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Bay
- Okay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Park Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pumpkin Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pumpkin Center is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Shady Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Sour John
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sour John is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sour John
- Wildcat Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wildcat Point is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildcat Point
- Wybark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wybark is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wybark
How Far From Manard 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 Manard 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<3> community of Manard once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Manard and extending to:
- Tahlequah, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<4> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Manard to Tahlequah, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 136 miles [218.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,013 miles [1,630.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,763 miles [10,884 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,501 miles [12,071.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,383 miles [8,663.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Manard 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 Manard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Manard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Manard 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 Manard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8122, Longitude: -95.1183 In this case, the coordinates for Manard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.148 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.944 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.489 degrees. |
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