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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 Oakland Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oakland Heights 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 Oakland Heights:
- 34.212318, -84.795216
- 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 Oakland Heights
- 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 Bartow County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bartow County
- Since Oakland Heights is near Cherokee County and also Cobb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb 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 Oakland Heights
Communities Also Named Oakland Heights ...
We found ten communities that are also named Oakland Heights.
Within Georgia, the name Oakland Heights is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Jefferson County
- This Oakland Heights is located in Jefferson County and lies 418 miles [672.7 km]<1> to the west of the Oakland Heights that is located in Bartow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Oakland Heights.
- Pope 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 Arkansas community of Oakland Heights [Pope County].
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Oakland Heights is located in Hillsborough County and lies 454 miles [730.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Oakland Heights that is located in Bartow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Oakland Heights.
- Massachusetts
- Worcester County
- This Oakland Heights is located in Worcester County and lies 895 miles [1,440.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Oakland Heights that is located in Bartow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Oakland Heights.
- North Carolina
- Davie County
- This Oakland Heights is located in Davie County and lies 259 miles [416.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Oakland Heights that is located in Bartow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davie County community of Oakland Heights.
- Iredell County
- This Oakland Heights is located in Iredell County and lies 245 miles [394.3 km] to the east northeast of the Oakland Heights that is located in Bartow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iredell County community of Oakland Heights.
- Rutherford County
- This Oakland Heights is located in Rutherford County and lies 180 miles [289.7 km] to the east northeast of the Oakland Heights that is located in Bartow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Oakland Heights.
- South Carolina
- Horry County
- This Oakland Heights is located in Horry County and lies 343 miles [552 km]<1> to the east of the Oakland Heights that is located in Bartow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Horry County community of Oakland Heights.
- Tennessee
- Montgomery County
- This Oakland Heights is located in Montgomery County and lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Oakland Heights that is located in Bartow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Oakland Heights.
- Wisconsin
- Dane County
- This Oakland Heights is located in Dane County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Oakland Heights that is located in Bartow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dane County community of Oakland Heights.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oakland Heights ...
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.
- Cartersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Center is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Double Springs ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Double Springs is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Springs
- Five Forks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Five Forks is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Grassdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Grassdale is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassdale
- Happy Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Happy Hollow is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hollow
- Hidden Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hidden Hills is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hills
- Holly Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Spring is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Spring
- Jones Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jones Heights is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Heights
- Ladds
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ladds is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladds
- Mission Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Hills is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
- Rodgers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rodgers is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers
- Shallwood
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Shallwood is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shallwood
- Wildwood
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wildwood is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Oakland Heights 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 community such as Oakland Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oakland Heights and extending to:
- Cartersville, which is the Seat of Bartow County, lies just to the South.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Oakland Heights to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 538 miles [865.8 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 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,435 miles [10,356.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,140 miles [11,490.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,017 miles [8,074.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Oakland Heights) 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 Oakland Heights 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 Oakland Heights 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 Oakland Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2123, Longitude: -84.7952 In this case, the coordinates for Oakland Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.513 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.042 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.336 degrees. |
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