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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 North Miami, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Miami 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 North Miami:
- 36.920153, -94.879753
- 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 North Miami
- 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 Ottawa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ottawa County
- Since North Miami is near Cherokee County and also Craig County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Craig 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 North Miami
Communities Also Named North Miami ...
We found one communities that are also named North Miami.
Within Oklahoma, the name North Miami is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, there is another community also named North Miami in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Miami-Dade County
- This North Miami is located in Miami-Dade County and lies 1,150 miles [1,850.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the North Miami that is located in Ottawa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami-Dade County community of North Miami.
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Miami ...
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.
- Commerce
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Dotyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dotyville is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotyville
- Hockerville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hockerville is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockerville
- Keelville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Keelville is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keelville
- Lincolnville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lincolnville is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Potter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Potter is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Zincville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Zincville is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zincville
How Far From North Miami 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 North Miami to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in North Miami and extending to:
- Miami, which is the Seat of Ottawa County, lies just to the South.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 177 miles [284.9 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from North Miami to Oklahoma City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 980 miles [1,577.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,696 miles [10,776.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,437 miles [11,968.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,321 miles [8,563.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North Miami) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 North Miami 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 North Miami. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9202, Longitude: -94.8798 In this case, the coordinates for North Miami have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.083 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.01 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.198 degrees. |
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