Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Oak Dale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oak Dale and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Oak Dale
- 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 Oak Dale:
- 32.691521, -85.371057
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Oak Dale
- 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 Lee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Since Oak Dale is near Chambers County and also Harris County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Chambers County
- eBird sighting report for Harris 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Oak Dale ...
We found seven communities that share the name Oak Dale.
Within Alabama, the name Oak Dale is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Maryland
- New Jersey
- South Carolina
- Clarendon 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 South Carolina community of Oak Dale [Clarendon County].
- Darlington County
- This Oak Dale is located in Darlington County and lies 336 miles [540.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Oak Dale that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darlington County community of Oak Dale.
- Tennessee
- Texas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oak Dale ...
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.
- Cedar Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Brook
- Cedar Brook is located in Lee County
- Crooked Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crooked Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
- Crooked Creek is located in Lee County
- Edgewood Forest
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgewood Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Forest
- Edgewood Forest is located in Lee County
- Farmville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Five Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Five Points is located in Lee County
- Glen Haven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- Glen Haven is located in Lee County
- Granite Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granite Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Hills
- Granite Hills is located in Lee County
- Hallway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - India Lakes
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for India Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India Lakes
- India Lakes is located in Lee County
- Indian Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Indian Hills is located in Lee County
- Liberty Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Crossroads
- Liberty Crossroads is located in Chambers County
- Pickwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Continue List (4 more) ...
- Rocky Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Brook
- Rocky Brook is located in Lee County
- Stonewall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Tuckersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tuckersburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckersburg
- Tuckersburg is located in Chambers County
- Village Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Village Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Hills
- Village Hills is located in Lee County
- Rocky Brook
How Far From Oak Dale 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 Oak Dale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oak Dale and extending to:
- Opelika, which is the Seat of Lee County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Oak Dale to Montgomery, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 633 miles [1,018.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,530 miles [10,509 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,231 miles [11,637.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,110 miles [8,223.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oak Dale. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oak Dale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oak Dale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6915, Longitude: -85.3711 In this case, the coordinates for Oak Dale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Oak Dale 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Oak Dale to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.777 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.133 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.912 degrees. |