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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 Okarche, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Okarche 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 Okarche:
- 35.726999, -97.976822
- 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 Okarche
- 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 Canadian County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Canadian County
- Since Okarche is near Kingfisher County and also Blaine County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kingfisher County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blaine 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 Okarche
Curious and Interesting Names Near Okarche ...
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.
- Alpha
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dover
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Greenfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Jacks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Jacks is located in Kingfisher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks
- Loyal
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Powers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Twin Lakes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Lakes is located in Kingfisher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Union
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Kingfisher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Union City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn Park is located in Oklahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
How Far From Okarche 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 Okarche to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Okarche and extending to:
- El Reno, which is the Seat of Canadian County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Okarche to El Reno, 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 31 miles [49.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,167 miles [1,878.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,870 miles [11,056.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,614 miles [12,253.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,502 miles [8,854.6 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- Okarche) 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 Okarche 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 Okarche. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7270, Longitude: -97.9768 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.084 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.195 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.852 degrees. |
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