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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 Oklahoma Lane, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oklahoma Lane 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 Oklahoma Lane:
- 34.385630, -102.886887
- 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 Oklahoma Lane
- 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 Parmer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Parmer County
- Since Oklahoma Lane is near Bailey County and also Curry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bailey County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Curry 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 Oklahoma Lane
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oklahoma Lane ...
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.
- Clays Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Clays Corner is located in Parmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Corner
- Farwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hub
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hub is located in Parmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub
- Lariat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lariat is located in Parmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lariat
- Lazbuddie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Muleshoe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Curry County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Progress
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Progress is located in Bailey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
How Far From Oklahoma Lane to ...
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 Oklahoma Lane to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Oklahoma Lane and extending to:
- Farwell, which is the Seat of Parmer County, lies just to the West.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Oklahoma Lane to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 24 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 17 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,460 miles [2,349.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 57 days and walking would take 83 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,112 miles [11,445.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,863 miles [12,654.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,761 miles [9,271.4 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' (or 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- Oklahoma Lane) 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 Oklahoma Lane 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 Oklahoma Lane. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3856, Longitude: -102.8869 In this case, the coordinates for Oklahoma Lane have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.381 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.918 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.382 degrees. |
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