Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Red Oak, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Red Oak and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Red Oak
- 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 Red Oak:
- 31.139714, -86.460230
- 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 Red Oak
- 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 Covington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Covington County
- Since Red Oak is near Walton County and also Okaloosa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Walton County
- eBird sighting report for Okaloosa 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 Red Oak ...
We found 23 communities that share the name Red Oak.
There is one other community in Alabama which is also named Red Oak.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Fulton County
- This Red Oak is located in Fulton County and lies 206 miles [331.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Red Oak that is located in Covington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Red Oak.
- Heard County
- This Red Oak is located in Heard County and lies 167 miles [268.8 km] to the north northeast of the Red Oak that is located in Covington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Heard County community of Red Oak.
- Henry County
- This Red Oak is located in Henry County and lies 208 miles [334.7 km] to the northeast of the Red Oak that is located in Covington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Red Oak.
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Grayson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Red Oak [Grayson County].
- Logan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Red Oak [Logan County].
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Oscoda County
- This Red Oak is located in Oscoda County and lies 944 miles [1,519.2 km]<2> to the north of the Red Oak that is located in Covington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oscoda County community of Red Oak.
- Saint Joseph County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Red Oak [Saint Joseph County].
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Nash County
- This Red Oak is located in Nash County and lies 596 miles [959.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Red Oak that is located in Covington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nash County community of Red Oak.
- Pitt County
- This Red Oak is located in Pitt County and lies 604 miles [972 km] to the east northeast of the Red Oak that is located in Covington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Red Oak.
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Ellis County
- This Red Oak is located in Ellis County and lies 614 miles [988.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Red Oak that is located in Covington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ellis County community of Red Oak.
- Kaufman County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Red Oak [Kaufman County].
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Red Oak ...
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 Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cedar Grove is located in Covington County
- Chapel Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapel Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill is located in Covington County
- Dixie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - Flowersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flowersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowersville
- Flowersville is located in Walton County (FL)
- Good Hope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Harmony
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north) - Horn Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Libertyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Libertyville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Libertyville is located in Covington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Oak Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest) - Pleasant Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pleasant Grove is located in Walton County (FL)
- Stanley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Wing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
- Wing is located in Covington County
How Far From Red Oak 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 Red Oak to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Red Oak and extending to:
- Andalusia, which is the Seat of Covington County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Red Oak to Andalusia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 85 miles [136.8 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 754 miles [1,213.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,650 miles [10,702.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,348 miles [11,825.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,228 miles [8,413.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Red Oak. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Red Oak 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. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Red Oak) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Red Oak. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1397, Longitude: -86.4602 |
| <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 Red Oak 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 313.305 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.53 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.647 degrees. |