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Communities Also Named Oak Hills ...

We found twenty communities that share the name Oak Hills.

Within British Columbia, the name Oak Hills is unique.

Beyond British Columbia, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Oak Hills is located in Jefferson County and lies 2,059 miles [3,313.6 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Oak Hills.
    • California
      • Monterey County
      • This Oak Hills is located in Monterey County and lies 967 miles [1,556.2 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monterey County community of Oak Hills.
      • San Bernardino County
      • This Oak Hills is located in San Bernardino County and lies 1,139 miles [1,833 km] to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Oak Hills.
    • Georgia
      • Fayette County
      • This Oak Hills is located in Fayette County and lies 2,157 miles [3,471.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Oak Hills.
    • Illinois
      • Saint Clair County
      • This Oak Hills is located in Saint Clair County and lies 1,692 miles [2,723 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Oak Hills.
    • Indiana
      • Bartholomew 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 Indiana community of Oak Hills [Bartholomew County].
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Oak Hills is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 2,058 miles [3,312 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Oak Hills.
    • North Carolina
      • Orange County
      • This Oak Hills is located in Orange County and lies 2,273 miles [3,658 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Oak Hills.
      • Rockingham County
      • This Oak Hills is located in Rockingham County and lies 2,229 miles [3,587.2 km] to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Oak Hills.
    • Oregon
      • Washington County
      • This Oak Hills is located in Washington County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Oak Hills.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Butler County
      • This Oak Hills is located in Butler County and lies 2,034 miles [3,273.4 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Oak Hills.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • This Oak Hills is located in Greenville County and lies 2,177 miles [3,503.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Oak Hills.
    • Tennessee
      • Greene County
      • This Oak Hills is located in Greene County and lies 2,104 miles [3,386.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Oak Hills.
      • Hamilton 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 Oak Hills [Hamilton County].
      • Roane County
      • This Oak Hills is located in Roane County and lies 2,044 miles [3,289.5 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Oak Hills.
    • Texas
      • Bexar 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 Texas community of Oak Hills [Bexar County].
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Oak Hills is located in Davis County and lies 794 miles [1,277.8 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Oak Hills.
      • Weber County
      • This Oak Hills is located in Weber County and lies 771 miles [1,240.8 km] to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Oak Hills.
    • Virginia
      • Mecklenburg County
      • This Oak Hills is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 2,260 miles [3,637.1 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Oak Hills.
      • Pittsylvania County
      • This Oak Hills is located in Pittsylvania County and lies 2,227 miles [3,584 km] to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsylvania County community of Oak Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oak Hills ...

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.

  • Bestwick
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bestwick came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bestwick
  • Black Pines
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Blackloam ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blackloam came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackloam
  • Copper Creek
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Creek
  • Frederick
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frederick came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederick
  • Juniper Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Kissick
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kissick came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kissick
  • Sun Peaks
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)

How Far From Oak Hills 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 Hills to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Oak Hills to Victoria, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,059 miles [3,313.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 81 days and walking would take 117 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,539 miles [10,523.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,301 miles [11,749.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,429 miles [8,737.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.ca/

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 from Point A (ie- Oak Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oak Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.7500, Longitude: -120.3500    
<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 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 Oak Hills 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 . 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>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Hills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.356 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.853 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.151 degrees.




 

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