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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 Oak Forest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oak Forest 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 Oak Forest:
    • 36.715761, -86.09904
    • 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 Oak Forest
  • 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 Oak Forest ...

We found 26 communities that share the name Oak Forest.

Within Kentucky, the name Oak Forest is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Oak Forest is located in Jefferson County and lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<1> to the south of the Oak Forest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Oak Forest.
    • Arkansas
      • Lee County
      • This Oak Forest is located in Lee County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Oak Forest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Oak Forest.
      • Lonoke County
      • This Oak Forest is located in Lonoke County and lies 349 miles [561.7 km] to the west southwest of the Oak Forest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lonoke County community of Oak Forest.
      • Phillips County
      • This Oak Forest is located in Phillips County and lies 294 miles [473.1 km] to the west southwest of the Oak Forest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phillips County community of Oak Forest.
      • Pulaski County
      • This Oak Forest is located in Pulaski County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km] to the west southwest of the Oak Forest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Oak Forest.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Oak Forest is located in Hillsborough County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Oak Forest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Oak Forest.
    • Georgia
      • Chatham County
      • This Oak Forest is located in Chatham County and lies 432 miles [695.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Oak Forest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Oak Forest.
      • Clayton County
      • This Oak Forest is located in Clayton County and lies 233 miles [375 km] to the south southeast of the Oak Forest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Oak Forest.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Oak Forest is located in Cook County and lies 349 miles [561.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Oak Forest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Oak Forest.
    • Indiana
      • Franklin County
      • This Oak Forest is located in Franklin County and lies 192 miles [309 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Oak Forest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Oak Forest.
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Oak Forest is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 516 miles [830.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Oak Forest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Oak Forest.
      • Terrebonne Parish
      • This Oak Forest is located in Terrebonne Parish and lies 563 miles [906.1 km] to the south southwest of the Oak Forest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Terrebonne Parish community of Oak Forest.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Oak Forest is located in Baltimore County and lies 538 miles [865.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Oak Forest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Oak Forest.
    • North Carolina
      • Buncombe County
      • This Oak Forest is located in Buncombe County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Oak Forest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buncombe County community of Oak Forest.
      • Iredell 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 North Carolina community of Oak Forest [Iredell County].
      • Johnston County
      • This Oak Forest is located in Johnston County and lies 438 miles [704.9 km] to the east of the Oak Forest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnston County community of Oak Forest.
      • Wayne County
      • This Oak Forest is located in Wayne County and lies 464 miles [746.7 km] to the east of the Oak Forest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Oak Forest.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Greene County
      • This Oak Forest is located in Greene County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Oak Forest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Oak Forest.
    • South Carolina
      • Charleston County
      • This Oak Forest is located in Charleston County and lies 439 miles [706.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Oak Forest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Oak Forest.
      • Florence County
      • This Oak Forest is located in Florence County and lies 391 miles [629.3 km] to the east southeast of the Oak Forest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Florence County community of Oak Forest.
      • Spartanburg County
      • This Oak Forest is located in Spartanburg County and lies 261 miles [420 km] to the east southeast of the Oak Forest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Oak Forest.
    • Texas
      • Gonzales County
      • This Oak Forest is located in Gonzales County and lies 829 miles [1,334.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Oak Forest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gonzales County community of Oak Forest.
      • Harris County
      • This Oak Forest is located in Harris County and lies 718 miles [1,155.5 km] to the southwest of the Oak Forest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Oak Forest.
    • Virginia
      • Chesterfield County
      • This Oak Forest is located in Chesterfield County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<1> to the east of the Oak Forest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Oak Forest.
      • Cumberland County
      • This Oak Forest is located in Cumberland County and lies 438 miles [704.9 km] to the east of the Oak Forest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Oak Forest.
      • Hanover County
      • This Oak Forest is located in Hanover County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km] to the east of the Oak Forest that is located in Allen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanover County community of Oak Forest.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oak Forest ...

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.

  • Amos
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amos have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amos
    • Amos is located in Allen County
  • Barefoot
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barefoot have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barefoot
    • Barefoot is located in Macon County (TN)
  • Cedar Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Cross Roads
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Roads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
    • Cross Roads is located in Macon County (TN)
  • Forest Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Springs
    • Forest Springs is located in Allen County
  • Fountain Run
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Green Valley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
    • Green Valley is located in Macon County (TN)
  • Haysville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • 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 Macon County (TN)
  • Holland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
    • Holland is located in Allen County
  • Petroleum
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Petroleum. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
    • Petroleum is located in Allen County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Petroleum
    • From Oak Forest to Petroleum
  • Rocky Mound
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Mound have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mound
    • Rocky Mound is located in Macon County (TN)
  • Walnut Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
    • Walnut Hill is located in Allen County

How Far From Oak Forest 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 Oak Forest to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Scottsville, which is the Seat of Allen County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Oak Forest to Frankfort, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 516 miles [830.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,370 miles [10,251.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,089 miles [11,408.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,965 miles [7,990.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oak Forest. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oak Forest) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oak Forest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7158, Longitude: -86.0990    
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Oak Forest 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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.
<7>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 Oak Forest to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.392 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.405 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.259 degrees.




 

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