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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 Medicine Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Medicine Park 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 Medicine Park:
- 34.728651, -98.496356
- 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 Medicine Park
- 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 Comanche County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Comanche County
- Since Medicine Park is near Caddo County and also Kiowa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caddo County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kiowa 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 Medicine Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Medicine Park ...
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.
- Cache
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cache Wye
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cache Wye is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache Wye
- Corral Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Corral Crossing is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corral Crossing
- Edgewater Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Edgewater Park is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Four Mile Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Four Mile Crossing is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Mile Crossing
- Geronimo
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Peachtree Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Peachtree Crossing is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Crossing
- Pine Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pine Ridge is located in Caddo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Porter Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Porter Hill is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Hill
- Pumpkin Center ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pumpkin Center is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
How Far From Medicine Park 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 town such as Medicine Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Medicine Park and extending to:
- Lawton, which is the Seat of Comanche County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Medicine Park to Lawton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 75 miles [120.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,217 miles [1,958.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 70 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,942 miles [11,172.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,685 miles [12,367.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,571 miles [8,965.7 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 from Point A (ie- Medicine Park) 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 Medicine Park 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 Medicine Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7287, Longitude: -98.4964 In this case, the coordinates for Medicine Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.332 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.363 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.222 degrees. |
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