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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 Wandel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wandel 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 Wandel:
- 35.885340, -97.745584
- 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 Wandel
- 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 Kingfisher County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kingfisher County
- Since Wandel 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 Wandel
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wandel ...
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 Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cedar Valley is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
- Crescent
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crescent Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Crescent Springs is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Springs
- Dover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Indian Springs is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Jacks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jacks is located in Kingfisher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks
- Twin Lakes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes is located in Kingfisher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Union
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Kingfisher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Zion ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Zion is located in Kingfisher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
How Far From Wandel 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 Wandel to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wandel and extending to:
- Kingfisher, which is the Seat of Kingfisher County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wandel to Kingfisher, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 31 miles [49.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,152 miles [1,854 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 66 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,853 miles [11,028.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,597 miles [12,226.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,485 miles [8,827.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Wandel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Wandel 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 Wandel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8853, Longitude: -97.7456 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.941 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.047 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.721 degrees. |
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