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 Roll:
35.786273, -99.712131
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.
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 Roger Mills County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that are also named Roll.
Within Oklahoma, the name Roll is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arizona
Yuma County
This Roll is located in Yuma County and lies 840 miles [1,351.8 km]<1> to the west of the Roll that is located in Roger Mills County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yuma County community of Roll.
Indiana
Blackford County
This Roll is located in Blackford County and lies 842 miles [1,355.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Roll that is located in Roger Mills County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blackford County community of Roll.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Roll ...
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.
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 Roll to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Roll and extending to:
Cheyenne, which is the Seat of Roger Mills County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Roll to Cheyenne, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 125 miles [201.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,259 miles [2,026.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 72 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,927 miles [11,147.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,675 miles [12,351.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,567 miles [8,959.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Roll) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Roll 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 Roll. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7863, Longitude: -99.7121
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.298 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.625 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.686 degrees.