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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 Sams Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sams Corner 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 Sams Corner:
- 36.196531, -95.225273
- 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 Sams Corner
- 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 Mayes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mayes County
- Since Sams Corner is near Cherokee County and also Wagoner County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wagoner 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 Sams Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sams Corner ...
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.
- Boatman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boatman is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boatman
- Cedar Crest
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Iron Post
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Iron Post is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Post
- Locust Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Murphy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Murphy is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Paradise View
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise View is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise View
- Pryor Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pump Back
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Snake Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Snake Creek is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snake Creek
How Far From Sams Corner 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 Sams Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sams Corner and extending to:
- Pryor Creek, which is the Seat of Mayes County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sams Corner to Pryor Creek, with an average speed<3> 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 137 miles [220.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,011 miles [1,627 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,746 miles [10,856.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,486 miles [12,047.5 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sams Corner) 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 Sams Corner 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 Sams Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1965, Longitude: -95.2253 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.255 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.118 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.479 degrees. |
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