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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 Oowala, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oowala 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 Oowala:
- 36.423428, -95.614701
- 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 Oowala
- 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 Rogers County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rogers County
- Since Oowala is near Tulsa County and also Nowata County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tulsa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nowata 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 Oowala
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oowala ...
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.
- Bushyhead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bushyhead is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushyhead
- Elba
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Elba is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Harmony Star
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony Star is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Star
- Howard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Howard is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Jamestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jamestown is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Justice
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Justice is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Limestone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Limestone is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Valley Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Park is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
How Far From Oowala 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 Oowala to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Oowala and extending to:
- Claremore, which is the Seat of Rogers County, lies just to the South.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Oowala to Oklahoma City, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,027 miles [1,652.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,749 miles [10,861.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,490 miles [12,054 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,374 miles [8,648.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Oowala) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Oowala 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 Oowala. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4234, Longitude: -95.6147 In this case, the coordinates for Oowala have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.538 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.476 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.627 degrees. |
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