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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 Oakwood Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oakwood Park and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Oakwood Park:
    • 41.411437, -85.738322
    • 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 Oakwood Park
  • 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 Kosciusko County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kosciusko County
    • Since Oakwood Park is near Elkhart County and also Noble County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Elkhart County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Noble 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 Oakwood Park

Communities Also Named Oakwood Park ...

We found nine communities that are also named Oakwood Park.

Within Indiana, the name Oakwood Park is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Oakwood Park is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 505 miles [812.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Oakwood Park that is located in Kosciusko County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Oakwood Park.
    • Michigan
      • Wayne 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 Michigan community of Oakwood Park [Wayne County].
    • Missouri
      • Clay County
      • This Oakwood Park is located in Clay County and lies 489 miles [787 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Oakwood Park that is located in Kosciusko County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Oakwood Park.
    • New Jersey
      • Union County
      • This Oakwood Park is located in Union County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km]<1> to the east of the Oakwood Park that is located in Kosciusko County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Oakwood Park.
    • Ohio
      • Washington County
      • This Oakwood Park is located in Washington County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Oakwood Park that is located in Kosciusko County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Oakwood Park.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Cumberland County
      • This Oakwood Park is located in Cumberland County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<1> to the east of the Oakwood Park that is located in Kosciusko County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Oakwood Park.
      • Luzerne 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 Pennsylvania community of Oakwood Park [Luzerne County].
    • South Carolina
      • Beaufort County
      • This Oakwood Park is located in Beaufort County and lies 681 miles [1,096 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Oakwood Park that is located in Kosciusko County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Oakwood Park.
    • Virginia
      • Montgomery County
      • This Oakwood Park is located in Montgomery County and lies 411 miles [661.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Oakwood Park that is located in Kosciusko County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Oakwood Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oakwood Park ...

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.

  • Between-The-Lakes Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Buttermilk Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Buttermilk Point is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttermilk Point
  • Cedar Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Point is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
  • Enchanted Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Enchanted Hills is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Hills
  • Forest Glen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Forest Glen is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
  • Marineland Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Marineland Gardens is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marineland Gardens
  • Mineral Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Mineral Springs is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
  • Pickwick Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Pickwick Park is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick Park
  • Shady Banks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Shady Banks is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Banks
  • Silver Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Silver Point is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Point
  • South Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • South Park is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park
  • Sunrise Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Sunrise Beach is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Beach

How Far From Oakwood Park 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 Oakwood Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Warsaw, which is the Seat of Kosciusko County, lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<1> to the south. If you could drive a straight line from Oakwood Park to Warsaw, with an average speed<3>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 4 days.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 115 miles [185.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 490 miles [788.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,134 miles [9,871.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,868 miles [11,053 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,748 miles [7,641.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Oakwood Park) 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 Oakwood Park 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 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.
<4>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 Oakwood Park 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 Oakwood Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4114, Longitude: -85.7383       In this case, the coordinates for Oakwood Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.195 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.851 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.78 degrees.