Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Oaklawn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oaklawn and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Oaklawn
- 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 Oaklawn:
- 37.610294, -97.296989
- 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 Oaklawn
- 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 Sedgwick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Sedgwick County
- Since Oaklawn is near Butler County and also Sumner County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Butler County
- eBird sighting report for Sumner 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 Oaklawn ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Oaklawn.
Within Kansas, the name Oaklawn is unique.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Desha County
- This Oaklawn is located in Desha County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Oaklawn that is located in Sedgwick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Desha County community of Oaklawn.
- Garland 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 Oaklawn [Garland County].
- Florida
- Georgia
- Brooks County
- This Oaklawn is located in Brooks County and lies 902 miles [1,451.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Oaklawn that is located in Sedgwick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brooks County community of Oaklawn.
- Coweta County
- This Oaklawn is located in Coweta County and lies 762 miles [1,226.3 km] to the east southeast of the Oaklawn that is located in Sedgwick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coweta County community of Oaklawn.
- Houston 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 Georgia community of Oaklawn [Houston County].
- Illinois
- Louisiana
- Saint Mary Parish
- This Oaklawn is located in Saint Mary Parish and lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Oaklawn that is located in Sedgwick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary Parish community of Oaklawn.
- Saint Tammany Parish
- This Oaklawn is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 657 miles [1,057.3 km] to the southeast of the Oaklawn that is located in Sedgwick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of Oaklawn.
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Oregon
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Cheatham County
- This Oaklawn is located in Cheatham County and lies 568 miles [914.1 km]<1> to the east of the Oaklawn that is located in Sedgwick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheatham County community of Oaklawn.
- Putnam County
- This Oaklawn is located in Putnam County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km] to the east of the Oaklawn that is located in Sedgwick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Oaklawn.
- Shelby County
- This Oaklawn is located in Shelby County and lies 433 miles [696.8 km] to the east southeast of the Oaklawn that is located in Sedgwick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Oaklawn.
- Virginia
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oaklawn ...
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.
- Bonnie Brae
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonnie Brae have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Brae
- Bonnie Brae is located in Sedgwick County
- Cessna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Cow Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Derby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Derby have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Derby is located in Sedgwick County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,145 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Derby <4>
- Glenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Haysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haysville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Haysville is located in Sedgwick County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,389 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haysville <4>
- Oatville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatville
- Oatville is located in Sedgwick County
- Sand Burr Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Burr Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Burr Hill
- Sand Burr Hill is located in Sedgwick County
- Sunset Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Park
- Sunset Park is located in Sedgwick County
- Waco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
How Far From Oaklawn 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 Oaklawn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oaklawn and extending to:
- Wichita, which is the Seat of Sedgwick County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Oaklawn to Topeka, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,099 miles [1,768.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 63 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,745 miles [10,855 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,492 miles [12,057.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,384 miles [8,664.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oaklawn. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Sedgwick County: www.sedgwickcounty.org/
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oaklawn) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oaklawn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6103, Longitude: -97.2970 In this case, the coordinates for Oaklawn 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 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 Oaklawn 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 Oaklawn 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 320.793 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.089 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.257 degrees. |