Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Tiawah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tiawah and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Tiawah

• 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 Tiawah:
  • 36.261208, -95.560810
  • 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 Tiawah

• 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 Rogers County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Rogers County
  • Since Tiawah is near Wagoner County and also Mayes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wagoner County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mayes 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 Tiawah

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tiawah ...

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.

• Elba
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Elba is located in Rogers County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
• Fair Oaks
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Fair Oaks is located in Wagoner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
• Gregory
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Gregory is located in Rogers County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
• Harmony Star
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Harmony Star is located in Rogers County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Star
• Justice
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Justice is located in Rogers County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
• Keith
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Keith is located in Rogers County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
• Limestone
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Limestone is located in Rogers County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
• Pryor Creek
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Pryor Creek is located in Mayes County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryor Creek
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,392 people
  • Pryor Creek has also been known as:
  • Pryor
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pryor Creek <1>
• Valley Park
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Valley Park is located in Rogers County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people

How Far From Tiawah 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 Tiawah to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tiawah and extending to:

• Claremore, which is the Seat of Rogers County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Tiawah to Oklahoma City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,028 miles [1,654.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,755 miles [10,871.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,496 miles [12,063.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,379 miles [8,656.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'