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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 Oneida, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oneida 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 Oneida:
    • 35.971047, -98.068034
    • 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 Oneida
  • 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 Kingfisher County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kingfisher County
    • Since Oneida is near Blaine County and also Canadian County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Blaine County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Canadian 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 Oneida

Communities Also Named Oneida ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named Oneida.

Within Oklahoma, the name Oneida is unique.

Beyond Oklahoma, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Phillips County
      • This Oneida is located in Phillips County and lies 423 miles [680.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Oneida that is located in Kingfisher County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phillips County community of Oneida.
    • California
      • Sierra County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Oneida [Sierra County].
    • Idaho
      • Bingham County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Oneida [Bingham County].
    • Illinois
      • Knox County
      • This Oneida is located in Knox County and lies 550 miles [885.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Oneida that is located in Kingfisher County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Oneida.
    • Iowa
      • Delaware County
      • This Oneida is located in Delaware County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Oneida that is located in Kingfisher County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Oneida.
    • Kansas
      • Anderson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Oneida [Anderson County].
      • Nemaha County
      • This Oneida is located in Nemaha County and lies 292 miles [469.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Oneida that is located in Kingfisher County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nemaha County community of Oneida.
    • Kentucky
      • Clay County
      • This Oneida is located in Clay County and lies 803 miles [1,292.3 km]<1> to the east of the Oneida that is located in Kingfisher County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Oneida.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint James Parish
      • This Oneida is located in Saint James Parish and lies 587 miles [944.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Oneida that is located in Kingfisher County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint James Parish community of Oneida.
    • New York
      • Madison County
      • This Oneida is located in Madison County and lies 1,285 miles [2,068 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Oneida that is located in Kingfisher County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Oneida.
    • Ohio
      • Butler County
      • This Oneida is located in Butler County and lies 784 miles [1,261.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Oneida that is located in Kingfisher County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Oneida.
      • Carroll County
      • This Oneida is located in Carroll County and lies 970 miles [1,561.1 km] to the east northeast of the Oneida that is located in Kingfisher County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Oneida.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Butler County
      • This Oneida is located in Butler County and lies 1,038 miles [1,670.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Oneida that is located in Kingfisher County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Oneida.
      • Schuylkill County
      • This Oneida is located in Schuylkill County and lies 1,230 miles [1,979.5 km] to the east northeast of the Oneida that is located in Kingfisher County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Oneida.
    • Tennessee
      • Scott County
      • This Oneida is located in Scott County and lies 755 miles [1,215.1 km]<1> to the east of the Oneida that is located in Kingfisher County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Oneida.
    • Washington
      • Wahkiakum County
      • This Oneida is located in Wahkiakum County and lies 1,501 miles [2,415.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Oneida that is located in Kingfisher County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wahkiakum County community of Oneida.
    • Wisconsin
      • Brown County
      • This Oneida is located in Brown County and lies 785 miles [1,263.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Oneida that is located in Kingfisher County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Oneida.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oneida ...

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.

How Far From Oneida 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 Oneida to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oneida and extending to:

  • Kingfisher, which is the Seat of Kingfisher County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Oneida to Kingfisher, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 46 miles [74 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 most of two days and walking would take about three full 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,860 miles [11,040.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,605 miles [12,239.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,493 miles [8,840.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Oneida) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Oneida could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Oneida 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 Oneida. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9710, Longitude: -98.0680       In this case, the coordinates for Oneida have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.172 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.329 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.865 degrees.