Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Toppers:
  • 35.970655, -95.309686
  • 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 Toppers

• 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 Wagoner County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wagoner County
  • Since Toppers is near Cherokee County and also Mayes 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 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 Toppers

Curious and Interesting Names Near Toppers ...

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.

• Anchor
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Anchor is located in Wagoner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
• Cedar Crest
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Cedar Crest is located in Mayes County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
• Keith
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Keith is located in Rogers County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
• Lost City
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Lost City is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
• Mallard Bay
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Mallard Bay is located in Wagoner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Bay
• Murphy
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Murphy is located in Mayes County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
• Okay
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Okay is located in Wagoner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okay
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 712 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Okay <1>
• Paradise View
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Paradise View is located in Mayes County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise View
• Rocky Point
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Rocky Point is located in Wagoner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
• Shady Grove
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Shady Grove is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
• Wybark
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Wybark is located in Muskogee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wybark
• Yonkers
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Yonkers is located in Wagoner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonkers

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

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

• Wagoner, which is the Seat of Wagoner County, lies just to the West.
• Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 128 miles [206 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Toppers to Oklahoma City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,020 miles [1,641.5 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 6,761 miles [10,880.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,500 miles [12,070.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,383 miles [8,663.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'