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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 Reeder Ford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Reeder Ford 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 Reeder Ford:
- 35.578976, -94.519661
- 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 Reeder Ford
- 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 Sequoyah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sequoyah County
- Since Reeder Ford is near Crawford County and also Adair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adair 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 Reeder Ford
Curious and Interesting Names Near Reeder Ford ...
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.
- Cedarville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Copic Slab
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Copic Slab is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copic Slab
- Dripping Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dripping Springs is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dripping Springs
- Greenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Liberty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Liberty is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Long
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Long is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long
- Maple
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Maple is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
- Natural Dam
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Short
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Short is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Stoney Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Stoney Point is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point
- Uniontown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
How Far From Reeder Ford 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 Reeder Ford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Reeder Ford and extending to:
- Sallisaw, which is the Seat of Sequoyah County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Reeder Ford to Sallisaw, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 168 miles [270.4 km] to the west (W). 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 986 miles [1,586.8 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 6,753 miles [10,867.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,489 miles [12,052.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,369 miles [8,640.6 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 '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- Reeder Ford) 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 Reeder Ford 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 Reeder Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5790, Longitude: -94.5197 In this case, the coordinates for Reeder Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.727 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.424 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.247 degrees. |
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