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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 Wasseta, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wasseta 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 Wasseta:
- 34.079817, -96.310268
- 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 Wasseta
- 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 Bryan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bryan County
- Since Wasseta is near Johnston County and also Atoka County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Atoka 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 Wasseta
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wasseta ...
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.
- Blue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blue is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue
- Brown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Brown is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
- Hopewell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hopewell is located in Atoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Lee Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lee Heights is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Heights
- Mead
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Roberta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Roberta is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
- Sevenmile Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sevenmile Corner is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevenmile Corner
- Silo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Silo is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
How Far From Wasseta 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 Wasseta to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wasseta and extending to:
- Durant, which is the Seat of Bryan County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Wasseta 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 1,117 miles [1,797.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,897 miles [11,099.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,634 miles [12,285.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,514 miles [8,873.9 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 '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- Wasseta) 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 Wasseta 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 Wasseta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0798, Longitude: -96.3103 In this case, the coordinates for Wasseta have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.771 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.451 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.283 degrees. |
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