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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 Oseuma, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oseuma 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 Oseuma:
- 36.729796, -94.890792
- 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 Oseuma
- 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 Oseuma is near Delaware County and also Craig County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware 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 Oseuma
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oseuma ...
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.
- Bluejacket
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Commerce
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dennis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dennis is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Dotyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dotyville is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotyville
- Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kellyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Kellyville is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville
- Pyramid Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pyramid Corners is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyramid Corners
- Success
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Success is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
- Turkey Ford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Turkey Ford is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Ford
How Far From Oseuma 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 Oseuma to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Oseuma and extending to:
- Miami, which is the Seat of Ottawa County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Oseuma to Miami, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 170 miles [273.6 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 983 miles [1,582 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 6,706 miles [10,792.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,447 miles [11,984.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,330 miles [8,577.8 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 from Point A (ie- Oseuma) 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 Oseuma 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 Oseuma. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7298, Longitude: -94.8908 In this case, the coordinates for Oseuma have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.075 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.977 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.235 degrees. |
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