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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 Mouser, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mouser 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 Mouser:
- 36.870582, -101.415161
- 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 Mouser
- 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 Texas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Texas County
- Since Mouser is near Morton County and also Stevens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stevens 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 Mouser
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mouser ...
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.
- Elkhart
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hooker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Liberal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Little Ponderosa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Little Ponderosa is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Ponderosa
- Optima
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Optima is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Optima
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Range
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Range is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Straight
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Straight is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight
- Unity
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Unity is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
How Far From Mouser 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 Mouser to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mouser and extending to:
- Guymon, which is the Seat of Texas County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mouser to Guymon, with an average speed<3> 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 238 miles [383 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,331 miles [2,142 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 52 days and walking would take 76 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,924 miles [11,143.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,678 miles [12,356.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,579 miles [8,978.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mouser) 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 Mouser 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 Mouser. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8706, Longitude: -101.4152 In this case, the coordinates for Mouser have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.625 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.312 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.41 degrees. |
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