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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 Marble City Community, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Marble City Community and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for Marble City Community
  • 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 Marble City Community:
    • 35.534758, -94.832638
    • 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 Marble City Community
  • 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 Sequoyah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sequoyah County
    • Since Marble City Community is near Adair County and also Cherokee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adair County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee 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 Marble City Community

Curious and Interesting Names Near Marble City Community ...

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.

  • Blackgum
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Blackgum is located in Sequoyah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackgum
  • Box
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Box is located in Sequoyah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box
  • Brushy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Brushy is located in Sequoyah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy
  • Bunch
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Evening Shade
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Evening Shade is located in Sequoyah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evening Shade
  • Flute Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Flute Springs is located in Sequoyah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flute Springs
  • Greasy
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Greasy is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greasy
  • Marble City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Pinhook Corners
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Pinhook Corners is located in Sequoyah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook Corners
  • Sadie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Sadie is located in Sequoyah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sadie
  • Seven Oaks
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Seven Oaks is located in Sequoyah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
  • Stoney Point
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Stoney Point is located in Sequoyah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point

How Far From Marble City Community to ...

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 Marble City Community to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Marble City Community and extending to:

  • Sallisaw, which is the Seat of Sequoyah County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 150 miles [241.4 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Marble City Community to Oklahoma City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,003 miles [1,614.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 57 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,767 miles [10,890.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,503 miles [12,074.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,384 miles [8,664.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Marble City Community) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Marble City Community to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.932 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.656 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.399 degrees.