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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 Zeb, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Zeb 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 Zeb:
- 35.821761, -95.054679
- 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 Zeb
- 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 Cherokee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Since Zeb is near Muskogee County and also Wagoner County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Muskogee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wagoner 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 Zeb
Communities Also Named Zeb ...
We found two communities that are also named Zeb.
Within Oklahoma, the name Zeb is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Searcy County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Zeb [Searcy County].
- North Carolina
- Rowan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Zeb [Rowan County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Zeb ...
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.
- Barber
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Barber is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Dry Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
- Indian Meadows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Meadows is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Meadows
- Lost City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lost City is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Mallard Bay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mallard Bay is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Bay
- Park Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pumpkin Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pumpkin Center is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Shady Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Tenkiller
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Tenkiller is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenkiller
- Wildcat Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wildcat Point is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildcat Point
How Far From Zeb 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 Zeb to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Zeb and extending to:
- Tahlequah, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<4> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Zeb to Oklahoma City, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,009 miles [1,623.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,760 miles [10,879.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,498 miles [12,066.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,380 miles [8,658.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Zeb, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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 Zeb 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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- Zeb) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Zeb 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 Zeb. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8218, Longitude: -95.0547 In this case, the coordinates for Zeb have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.106 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.897 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.457 degrees. |
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