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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 Yewed, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yewed 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 Yewed:
- 36.681083, -98.410784
- 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 Yewed
- 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 Alfalfa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alfalfa County
- Since Yewed is near Woods County and also Major County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Woods County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Major 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 Yewed
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yewed ...
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.
- Brink
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brink is located in Woods County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brink
- Carrier
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cheyenne Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cheyenne Valley is located in Major County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne Valley
- Driftwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Driftwood is located in Alfalfa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood
- Gilbert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gilbert is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Helena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kiowa
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sand Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Yewed to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Yewed to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Yewed and extending to:
- Cherokee, which is the Seat of Alfalfa County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Yewed to Oklahoma City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,173 miles [1,887.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,834 miles [10,998.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,581 miles [12,200.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,472 miles [8,806.3 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Yewed) 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 Yewed 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 Yewed. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6811, Longitude: -98.4108 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.482 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.778 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.937 degrees. |
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