Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Oil City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oil City and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Oil City
- 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 Oil City:
- 32.745294, -93.975758
- 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 Oil City
- 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 parish-by-parish basis. We have selected Caddo Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Caddo Parish
- Since Oil City is near Marion County and also Harrison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Marion County
- eBird sighting report for Harrison 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 Oil City ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name Oil City.
Within Louisiana, the name Oil City is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- California
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- New Mexico
- Oklahoma
- Carter County
- This Oil City is located in Carter County and lies 224 miles [360.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Oil City that is located in Caddo Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Oil City.
- Stephens County
- This Oil City is located in Stephens County and lies 265 miles [426.5 km] to the west northwest of the Oil City that is located in Caddo Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stephens County community of Oil City.
- Ontario
- This Oil City lies 935 miles [1,504.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Oil City that is located in Caddo Parish.
- Pennsylvania
- Cambria County
- This Oil City is located in Cambria County and lies 999 miles [1,607.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Oil City that is located in Caddo Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Oil City.
- Venango County
- This Oil City is located in Venango County and lies 986 miles [1,586.8 km] to the northeast of the Oil City that is located in Caddo Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Venango County community of Oil City.
- Texas
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oil City ...
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.
- Brian
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Dixie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Ferry Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferry Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Lake
- Ferry Lake is located in Caddo Parish
- Gethsemane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gethsemane have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
- Gethsemane is located in Marion County (TX)
- Gray
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Lane ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Mail Boxes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mail Boxes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mail Boxes
- Mail Boxes is located in Caddo Parish
- Shoreline
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Stacy Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stacy Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy Landing
- Stacy Landing is located in Caddo Parish
- Superior
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Trees
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Uncertain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uncertain
- Uncertain is located in Harrison County (TX)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Uncertain <4>
How Far From Oil City 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 town such as Oil City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oil City and extending to:
- Shreveport, which is the Seat of Caddo Parish, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Oil City to Shreveport, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 229 miles [368.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,037 miles [1,668.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,878 miles [11,069.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,605 miles [12,239.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,481 miles [8,820.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oil City. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Caddo Parish: www.caddo.org/
The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.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 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 Oil City 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 parish. 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oil City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oil City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7453, Longitude: -93.9758 In this case, the coordinates for Oil City 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 Oil City 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 318.082 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.303 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.421 degrees. |