Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Oakcrest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oakcrest and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Oakcrest
- 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 Oakcrest:
- 39.384481, -87.707806
- 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 Oakcrest
- 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Clark County
- Since Oakcrest is near Edgar County and also Vigo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Edgar County
- eBird sighting report for Vigo 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 Oakcrest ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Oakcrest.
Within Illinois, the name Oakcrest is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Louisiana
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- South Carolina
- Utah
- Davis County
- This Oakcrest is located in Davis County and lies 1,275 miles [2,051.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Oakcrest that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Oakcrest.
- Salt Lake County
- This Oakcrest is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,274 miles [2,050.3 km] to the west northwest of the Oakcrest that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Oakcrest.
- Virginia
- Alexandria City
- This Oakcrest is located in Alexandria City and lies 570 miles [917.3 km]<2> to the east of the Oakcrest that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alexandria City community of Oakcrest.
- Arlington 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 Virginia community of Oakcrest [Arlington County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oakcrest ...
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.
- Allright
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Castle Fin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Fin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Fin
- Castle Fin is located in Clark County
- Choctaw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Clarksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarksville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Clarksville is located in Clark County
- Ernst
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Fox Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Golf Lakes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golf Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf Lakes
- Golf Lakes is located in Clark County
- Griffin ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Marshall
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Marshall is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,774 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marshall <4>
- Oliver
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Weaver
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Weaver is located in Clark County
How Far From Oakcrest 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 Oakcrest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oakcrest and extending to:
- Marshall, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Oakcrest to Springfield, with an average speed<5>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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 572 miles [920.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,306 miles [10,148.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,037 miles [11,325 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,916 miles [7,911.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oakcrest. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Clark County: www.clarkcountyil.org/
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Oakcrest 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- Oakcrest) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oakcrest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3845, Longitude: -87.7078 In this case, the coordinates for Oakcrest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Oakcrest 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 314.471 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.02 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.294 degrees. |