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website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
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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 Whitmire:
35.944252, -94.663836
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We found two communities that are also named Whitmire.
Within Oklahoma, the name Whitmire is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Hall County
This Whitmire is located in Hall County and lies 616 miles [991.4 km]<1> to the east of the Whitmire that is located in Adair County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Whitmire.
South Carolina
Newberry County
This Whitmire is located in Newberry County and lies 742 miles [1,194.1 km]<1> to the east of the Whitmire that is located in Adair County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newberry County community of Whitmire.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Whitmire ...
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.
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 Whitmire to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Whitmire and extending to:
Stilwell, which is the Seat of Adair County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Whitmire to Stilwell, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 163 miles [262.3 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 986 miles [1,586.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,739 miles [10,845.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,477 miles [12,033.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,358 miles [8,622.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Whitmire) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Whitmire 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 Whitmire. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9443, Longitude: -94.6638 In this case, the coordinates for Whitmire have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.856 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.621 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.256 degrees.