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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 Black Oak, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Black Oak 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 Black Oak:
- 41.566147, -87.393650
- 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 Black Oak
- 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Black Oak is near Cook County and also Porter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cook County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Porter 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 Black Oak
Communities Also Named Black Oak ...
We found fourteen communities that are also named Black Oak.
There is one other community in Indiana that is also named Black Oak.
Beyond Indiana, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Indiana ...
- Davies's County
- This Black Oak is located in Davies's County and lies 201 miles [323.5 km]<1> to the south of the Black Oak that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davies's County community of Black Oak.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- DeKalb 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 Alabama community of Black Oak [DeKalb County].
- Arkansas
- Craighead County
- This Black Oak is located in Craighead County and lies 426 miles [685.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Black Oak that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craighead County community of Black Oak.
- Poinsett County
- This Black Oak is located in Poinsett County and lies 452 miles [727.4 km] to the south southwest of the Black Oak that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Poinsett County community of Black Oak.
- Washington County
- This Black Oak is located in Washington County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km] to the southwest of the Black Oak that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Black Oak.
- California
- Tuolumne 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 California community of Black Oak [Tuolumne County].
- Maryland
- Allegany County
- This Black Oak is located in Allegany County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Black Oak that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Black Oak.
- Missouri
- Caldwell County
- This Black Oak is located in Caldwell County and lies 365 miles [587.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Black Oak that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Black Oak.
- Ohio
- Belmont County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Belmont County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Belmont County community of Black Oak.
- Tennessee
- Knox County
- This Black Oak is located in Knox County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Black Oak that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Black Oak.
- Scott County
- This Black Oak is located in Scott County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km] to the south southeast of the Black Oak that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Black Oak.
- White County
- This Black Oak is located in White County and lies 397 miles [638.9 km] to the south southeast of the Black Oak that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Black Oak.
- Texas
- Hopkins County
- This Black Oak is located in Hopkins County and lies 738 miles [1,187.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Black Oak that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hopkins County community of Black Oak.
- West Virginia
- Mineral 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 West Virginia community of Black Oak [Mineral County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Black Oak ...
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.
- Gary
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gerry Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Gerry Park is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerry Park
- Glen Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Park is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Park
- Hartsdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hartsdale is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsdale
- Highland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Independence Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Independence Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence Hill
- Indiana Harbor
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Indiana Harbor is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana Harbor
- Ivanhoe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ivanhoe is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Lincoln Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Liverpool
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Liverpool is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
- Lottaville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lottaville is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lottaville
- Munster
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Turkey Creek Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Black Oak to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Black Oak to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Black Oak and extending to:
- Crown Point, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Black Oak to Crown Point, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 140 miles [225.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 575 miles [925.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 6,188 miles [9,958.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,926 miles [11,146.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,808 miles [7,737.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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- Black Oak) 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 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 Black Oak 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Black Oak, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Black Oak 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 Black Oak. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5661, Longitude: -87.3936 In this case, the coordinates for Black Oak have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.279 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.108 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.54 degrees. |
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