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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 Pond Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pond Creek 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 Pond Creek:
- 36.669377, -97.801415
- 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 Pond Creek
- 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 Grant County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant County
- Since Pond Creek is near Garfield County and also Kay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Garfield County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kay 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 Pond Creek
Communities Also Named Pond Creek ...
We found seven communities that are also named Pond Creek.
Within Oklahoma, the name Pond Creek is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Walton County
- This Pond Creek is located in Walton County and lies 770 miles [1,239.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Pond Creek that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walton County community of Pond Creek.
- Kansas
- Wallace County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Wallace County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wallace County community of Pond Creek.
- Kentucky
- Muhlenberg County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Pond Creek [Muhlenberg County].
- Rockcastle County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Pond Creek [Rockcastle County].
- Ohio
- Scioto County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Scioto County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scioto County community of Pond Creek.
- Pennsylvania
- Luzerne County
- This Pond Creek is located in Luzerne County and lies 1,215 miles [1,955.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pond Creek that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Pond Creek.
- West Virginia
- Wood County
- This Pond Creek is located in Wood County and lies 889 miles [1,430.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pond Creek that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Pond Creek.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pond Creek ...
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.
- Carrier
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clyde
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Clyde is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Deer Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gilbert
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbert is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Hunter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jonah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jonah is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonah
- Polk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Polk is located in Kay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Salt Fork
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sand Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Pond Creek to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Pond Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pond Creek and extending to:
- Medford, which is the Seat of Grant County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pond Creek to Medford, with an average speed<5> 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 84 miles [135.2 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,141 miles [1,836.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,813 miles [10,964.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,559 miles [12,165 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,449 miles [8,769.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 from Point A (ie- Pond Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pond Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Pond Creek 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Pond Creek 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 Pond Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6694, Longitude: -97.8014 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.058 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.28 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.641 degrees. |
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