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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 Little Oklahoma, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Oklahoma and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Little Oklahoma:
    • 48.043603, -123.306906
    • 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 Little Oklahoma
  • 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 Clallam County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clallam County
    • Since Little Oklahoma is near Jefferson County and also Island County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Island 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 Little Oklahoma

Communities Also Named Little Oklahoma ...

We found one communities that are also named Little Oklahoma.

Within Washington, the name Little Oklahoma is unique.

Beyond Washington, there is another community also named Little Oklahoma in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Whiteside County
      • This Little Oklahoma is located in Whiteside County and lies 1,661 miles [2,673.1 km]<1> to the east of the Little Oklahoma that is located in Clallam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whiteside County community of Little Oklahoma.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Oklahoma ...

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.

  • Crane
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Crane is located in Clallam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane
  • Happy Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Happy Valley is located in Clallam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
  • Jamestown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jamestown is located in Clallam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
  • King Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • King Hill is located in Clallam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Hill
  • Mount Pleasant
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Clallam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • River Road
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Whiskey Bend
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Whiskey Bend is located in Clallam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Bend
  • Windy Arm
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Windy Arm is located in Clallam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Arm

How Far From Little Oklahoma 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 Little Oklahoma to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Little Oklahoma and extending to:

  • Port Angeles, which is the Seat of Clallam County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Little Oklahoma to Olympia, with an average speed<2>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 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,364 miles [3,804.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,759 miles [10,877.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,519 miles [12,100.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,658 miles [9,105.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Little Oklahoma) 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 Little Oklahoma 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 Little Oklahoma. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.0436, Longitude: -123.3069    
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.703 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.411 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.37 degrees.