Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Oakville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oakville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Oakville
- 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 Oakville:
- 41.593430, -73.085387
- 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 Oakville
- 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 Litchfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Litchfield County
- Since Oakville is near New Haven County and also Hartford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for New Haven County
- eBird sighting report for Hartford 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 Oakville ...
We found 30 communities that share the name Oakville.
Within Connecticut, the name Oakville is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 30 communities, 27 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- This Oakville is located in Jefferson County and lies 926 miles [1,490.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Oakville that is located in Litchfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Oakville.
- Lawrence County
- This Oakville is located in Lawrence County and lies 909 miles [1,462.9 km] to the west southwest of the Oakville that is located in Litchfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Oakville.
- California
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Manitoba
- This Oakville lies 1,322 miles [2,127.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Oakville that is located in Litchfield County.
- Maryland
- Saint Mary's County
- This Oakville is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 290 miles [466.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Oakville that is located in Litchfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Oakville.
- Somerset County
- This Oakville is located in Somerset County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km] to the south southwest of the Oakville that is located in Litchfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Oakville.
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Pemiscot County
- This Oakville is located in Pemiscot County and lies 976 miles [1,570.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Oakville that is located in Litchfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pemiscot County community of Oakville.
- Saint Louis County
- This Oakville is located in Saint Louis County and lies 933 miles [1,501.5 km] to the west of the Oakville that is located in Litchfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Oakville.
- New Brunswick
- This Oakville lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Oakville that is located in Litchfield County.
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ontario
- This Oakville lies 358 miles [576.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Oakville that is located in Litchfield County.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Cumberland County
- This Oakville is located in Cumberland County and lies 249 miles [400.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Oakville that is located in Litchfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Oakville.
- Westmoreland County
- This Oakville is located in Westmoreland County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km] to the west of the Oakville that is located in Litchfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Oakville.
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Alexandria City
- 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 Virginia community of Oakville [Alexandria City].
- Appomattox County
- This Oakville is located in Appomattox County and lies 420 miles [675.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Oakville that is located in Litchfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Appomattox County community of Oakville.
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oakville ...
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.
- Burnt Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnt Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Hill
- Burnt Hill is located in New Haven County
- Fair Lawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Greystone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
- Greystone is located in Litchfield County
- Hillcrest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Hopeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Long Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Minortown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Overlook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Plymouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Plymouth is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth <4>
- Town Plot Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Town Plot Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Plot Hill
- Town Plot Hill is located in New Haven County
- Woodtick
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
How Far From Oakville 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 Oakville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oakville and extending to:
- Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Oakville to Hartford, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 279 miles [449 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,619 miles [9,042.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,327 miles [10,182.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,203 miles [6,764.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oakville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Oakville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oakville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5934, Longitude: -73.0854 In this case, the coordinates for Oakville 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 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 Oakville 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'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 Oakville 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 305.293 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.927 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.854 degrees. |