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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 Stella, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stella 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 Stella:
- 35.319234, -97.212806
- 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 Stella
- 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 Cleveland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cleveland County
- Since Stella is near Oklahoma County and also Pottawatomie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oklahoma County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pottawatomie 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 Stella
Communities Also Named Stella ...
We found 21 communities that are also named Stella.
Within Oklahoma, the name Stella is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, we know of 21 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, twenty are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Izard County
- This Stella is located in Izard County and lies 307 miles [494.1 km]<1> to the east of the Stella that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Izard County community of Stella.
- Florida
- Escambia 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 Florida community of Stella [Escambia County].
- Kansas
- Reno 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 Kansas community of Stella [Reno County].
- Wilson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Stella [Wilson County].
- Kentucky
- Calloway County
- This Stella is located in Calloway County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stella that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calloway County community of Stella.
- Magoffin County
- This Stella is located in Magoffin County and lies 796 miles [1,281 km] to the east northeast of the Stella that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Magoffin County community of Stella.
- Louisiana
- Plaquemines Parish
- This Stella is located in Plaquemines Parish and lies 565 miles [909.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Stella that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plaquemines Parish community of Stella.
- Michigan
- Gratiot 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 Michigan community of Stella [Gratiot County].
- Mississippi
- Pike County
- This Stella is located in Pike County and lies 488 miles [785.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Stella that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Stella.
- Missouri
- Newton County
- This Stella is located in Newton County and lies 195 miles [313.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stella that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Stella.
- Nebraska
- Richardson County
- This Stella is located in Richardson County and lies 348 miles [560.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Stella that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richardson County community of Stella.
- New York
- Broome County
- This Stella is located in Broome County and lies 1,234 miles [1,985.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stella that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broome County community of Stella.
- North Carolina
- Carteret County
- This Stella is located in Carteret County and lies 1,132 miles [1,821.8 km]<1> to the east of the Stella that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carteret County community of Stella.
- Ohio
- Vinton County
- This Stella is located in Vinton County and lies 850 miles [1,367.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stella that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vinton County community of Stella.
- Ontario
- This Stella lies 1,242 miles [1,998.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Stella that is located in Cleveland County.
- South Carolina
- Orangeburg 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 South Carolina community of Stella [Orangeburg County].
- Tennessee
- Giles County
- This Stella is located in Giles County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<1> to the east of the Stella that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Giles County community of Stella.
- Texas
- Harris 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 Stella [Harris County].
- Virginia
- Patrick County
- This Stella is located in Patrick County and lies 960 miles [1,545 km]<1> to the east of the Stella that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Patrick County community of Stella.
- Washington
- Cowlitz County
- This Stella is located in Cowlitz County and lies 1,538 miles [2,475.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Stella that is located in Cleveland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cowlitz County community of Stella.
- West Virginia
- Wirt 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 West Virginia community of Stella [Wirt County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stella ...
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.
- Choctaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Clothier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Clothier is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clothier
- Dale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dale is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Franklin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Hall Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hall Park is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Park
- Little Axe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Little Axe is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Axe
- Needmore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Needmore is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Pink
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pink is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,187 people
How Far From Stella 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 Stella to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stella and extending to:
- Norman, which is the Seat of Cleveland County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Stella to Norman, 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 19 miles [30.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,135 miles [1,826.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,865 miles [11,048.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,606 miles [12,240.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,491 miles [8,836.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stella) 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 Stella 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 Stella 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 Stella. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3192, Longitude: -97.2128 In this case, the coordinates for Stella have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.517 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.481 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.542 degrees. |
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