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 Mannsville:
34.186735, -96.879817
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 Mannsville
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 Johnston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Mannsville.
Within Oklahoma, the name Mannsville is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Kentucky
Taylor County
This Mannsville is located in Taylor County and lies 689 miles [1,108.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mannsville that is located in Johnston County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Mannsville.
New York
Jefferson County
This Mannsville is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,291 miles [2,077.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mannsville that is located in Johnston County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Mannsville.
Pennsylvania
Perry County
This Mannsville is located in Perry County and lies 1,156 miles [1,860.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mannsville that is located in Johnston County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Mannsville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mannsville ...
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 & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a town such as Mannsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mannsville and extending to:
Tishomingo, which is the Seat of Johnston County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mannsville to Tishomingo, with an average speed<3> 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 95 miles [152.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,145 miles [1,842.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,913 miles [11,125.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,651 miles [12,313.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,532 miles [8,902.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mannsville) 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.
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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 Mannsville 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 Mannsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1867, Longitude: -96.8798 In this case, the coordinates for Mannsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.166 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.928 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.531 degrees.