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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 Newalla, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Newalla 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 Newalla:
- 35.406104, -97.161266
- 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 Newalla
- 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 Oklahoma County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oklahoma County
- Since Newalla is near Pottawatomie County and also Cleveland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pottawatomie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cleveland 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 Newalla
Curious and Interesting Names Near Newalla ...
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.
- Choctaw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fowler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fowler is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Franklin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Green Pastures
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green Pastures is located in Oklahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pastures
- Hazel Dell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hazel Dell is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell
- Jacktown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jones
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Little Axe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pink
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pink is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,187 people
How Far From Newalla 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 Newalla to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Newalla and extending to:
- Oklahoma City, which is the Seat of Oklahoma County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Newalla to Oklahoma City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 20 miles [32.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,131 miles [1,820.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 6,858 miles [11,036.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,600 miles [12,231 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,485 miles [8,827.3 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Newalla) 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 Newalla 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 Newalla. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4061, Longitude: -97.1613 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.491 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.461 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.506 degrees. |
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