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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 Salt Fork, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Salt Fork 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 Salt Fork:
- 36.636788, -97.587909
- 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 Salt Fork
- 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 Salt Fork 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 Salt Fork
Curious and Interesting Names Near Salt Fork ...
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.
- Braman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clyde
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clyde is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Deer Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Gilbert
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbert is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Grainville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grainville is located in Kay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grainville
- Hunter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jonah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jonah is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonah
- Old Bliss
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Old Bliss is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bliss
- Polk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Polk is located in Kay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Pond Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Red Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Salt Fork 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 Salt Fork to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Salt Fork and extending to:
- Medford, which is the Seat of Grant County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Salt Fork to Medford, 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 four to five hours.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 81 miles [130.4 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 1,130 miles [1,818.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,807 miles [10,954.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,553 miles [12,155.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,442 miles [8,758.1 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Salt Fork) 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 Salt Fork 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 Salt Fork. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6368, Longitude: -97.5879 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.907 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.10 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.542 degrees. |
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