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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 Oakhaven, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oakhaven 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 Oakhaven:
- 33.729283, -93.620675
- 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 Oakhaven
- 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 Hempstead County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hempstead County
- Since Oakhaven is near Nevada County and also Howard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nevada County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Howard 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 Oakhaven
Communities Also Named Oakhaven ...
We found two communities that are also named Oakhaven.
Within Arkansas, the name Oakhaven is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Oakhaven is located in Hillsborough County and lies 772 miles [1,242.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Oakhaven that is located in Hempstead County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Oakhaven.
- Tennessee
- Shelby 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 Tennessee community of Oakhaven [Shelby County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oakhaven ...
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.
- Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Crossroads is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Emmet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Emmet is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Green Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Acres is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Guernsey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Guernsey is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Perrytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Perrytown is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Powers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Powers is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
- Rocky Mound
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Mound is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mound
- Wafers Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wafers Crossing is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wafers Crossing
How Far From Oakhaven 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 town such as Oakhaven to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oakhaven and extending to:
- Hope, which is the Seat of Hempstead County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Oakhaven to Little Rock, with an average speed<4>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 987 miles [1,588.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,814 miles [10,966.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,543 miles [12,139.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,420 miles [8,722.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Oakhaven) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Oakhaven 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> | 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 Oakhaven 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 Oakhaven. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7293, Longitude: -93.6207 In this case, the coordinates for Oakhaven have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.958 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.287 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.126 degrees. |
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