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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 The Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Village 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 The Village:
- 35.565642, -97.549374
- 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 The Village
- 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 Oklahoma County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oklahoma County
- Since The Village is near Logan County and also Canadian County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Logan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Canadian 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 The Village
Communities Also Named The Village ...
We found thirteen communities that are also named The Village.
There is one other community in Oklahoma that is also named The Village.
Beyond Oklahoma, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Oklahoma ...
- Payne County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of The Village [Payne County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Perry County
- This The Village is located in Perry County and lies 614 miles [988.1 km]<2> to the east southeast of the The Village that is located in Oklahoma County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of The Village.
- Arkansas
- Columbia County
- This The Village is located in Columbia County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the The Village that is located in Oklahoma County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of The Village.
- California
- San Bernardino County
- This The Village is located in San Bernardino County and lies 1,118 miles [1,799.2 km]<2> to the west of the The Village that is located in Oklahoma County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of The Village.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This The Village is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 1,176 miles [1,892.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the The Village that is located in Oklahoma County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of The Village.
- Baltimore County
- This The Village is located in Baltimore County and lies 1,168 miles [1,879.7 km] to the east northeast of the The Village that is located in Oklahoma County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of The Village.
- Prince George's County
- This The Village is located in Prince George's County and lies 1,158 miles [1,863.6 km] to the east northeast of the The Village that is located in Oklahoma County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of The Village.
- Ohio
- Wood County
- This The Village is located in Wood County and lies 850 miles [1,367.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the The Village that is located in Oklahoma County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of The Village.
- South Carolina
- Charleston County
- This The Village is located in Charleston County and lies 1,027 miles [1,652.8 km]<2> to the east of the The Village that is located in Oklahoma County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of The Village.
- Tennessee
- Shelby County
- This The Village is located in Shelby County and lies 430 miles [692 km]<2> to the east of the The Village that is located in Oklahoma County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of The Village.
- Texas
- Dallas County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of The Village [Dallas County].
- Midland 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 Texas community of The Village [Midland County].
- Virginia
- Northumberland County
- This The Village is located in Northumberland County and lies 1,167 miles [1,878.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the The Village that is located in Oklahoma County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northumberland County community of The Village.
Curious and Interesting Names Near The Village ...
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.
- Bethany
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Edmond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Park is located in Oklahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
- Green Pastures
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Green Pastures is located in Oklahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pastures
- Jones
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mustang
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Brook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Valley Brook is located in Oklahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Brook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Wheatland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn Park is located in Oklahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
How Far From The Village 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 city such as The Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in The Village and extending to:
- Oklahoma City, which is the Seat of Oklahoma County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies just to the south southeast (SSE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,148 miles [1,847.5 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from The Village to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 66 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,863 miles [11,044.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,607 miles [12,242.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,493 miles [8,840.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 The Village 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. |
| <2> | 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- The Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 The Village 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 The Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5656, Longitude: -97.5494 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.773 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.811 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.669 degrees. |
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