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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 Prairie Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prairie Hill and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Prairie Hill:
    • 34.593959, -99.544258
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Prairie Hill
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Prairie Hill ...

We found five communities that share the name Prairie Hill.

Within Oklahoma, the name Prairie Hill is unique.

Beyond Oklahoma, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Chase County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Prairie Hill [Chase County].
    • Mississippi
      • Lowndes County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Prairie Hill [Lowndes County].
    • Missouri
      • Chariton County
      • This Prairie Hill is located in Chariton County and lies 505 miles [812.7 km]<3> to the northeast of the Prairie Hill that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chariton County community of Prairie Hill.
    • Texas
      • Limestone County
      • This Prairie Hill is located in Limestone County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<3> to the southeast of the Prairie Hill that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Prairie Hill.
      • Washington County
      • This Prairie Hill is located in Washington County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km] to the south southeast of the Prairie Hill that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Prairie Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Prairie Hill ...

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.

  • Duke
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Eldorado
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Elmer
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmer have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
    • Elmer is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elmer <4>
  • Lincoln
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
    • Lincoln is located in Jackson County
  • Louis ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Louis. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louis
    • Louis is located in Harmon County
  • Martha
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Marty
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marty have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marty
    • Marty is located in Jackson County
  • Victory
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
    • Victory is located in Jackson County

How Far From Prairie Hill 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 community such as Prairie Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Altus, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Prairie Hill to Altus, with an average speed<7> 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 129 miles [207.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,276 miles [2,053.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 73 days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,986 miles [11,242.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,731 miles [12,441.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,620 miles [9,044.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Prairie Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Oklahoma: https://www.ok.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Prairie Hill 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.
<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 Prairie Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Prairie Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prairie Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5940, Longitude: -99.5443       In this case, the coordinates for Prairie Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>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.
<8>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 Prairie Hill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.041 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.181 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.736 degrees.




 

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