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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 Southard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Southard 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 Southard:
- 36.057313, -98.475171
- 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 Southard
- 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 Blaine County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blaine County
- Since Southard is near Dewey County and also Major County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dewey County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Major 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 Southard
Communities Also Named Southard ...
We found four communities that are also named Southard.
Within Oklahoma, the name Southard is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Laclede County
- This Southard is located in Laclede County and lies 354 miles [569.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Southard that is located in Blaine County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laclede County community of Southard.
- New Jersey
- Monmouth County
- This Southard is located in Monmouth County and lies 1,343 miles [2,161.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Southard that is located in Blaine County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Southard.
- Pennsylvania
- McKean County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Southard [McKean County].
- Texas
- Armstrong County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Southard [Armstrong County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Southard ...
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.
- Cedar Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Springs is located in Major County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Crystal Lakes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Major County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Dane
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dane is located in Major County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dane
- Eagle City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle City is located in Blaine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Fay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Homestead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Homestead is located in Blaine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Longdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Loyal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Orion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Orion is located in Major County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
- Piper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Piper is located in Major County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
How Far From Southard 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 Southard to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Southard and extending to:
- Watonga, which is the Seat of Blaine County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Southard to Watonga, with an average speed<4> 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 67 miles [107.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,188 miles [1,911.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 68 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,869 miles [11,054.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,616 miles [12,256.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,505 miles [8,859.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Southard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Southard 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Southard 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 Southard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0573, Longitude: -98.4752 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.463 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.68 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.05 degrees. |
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