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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 Oaklands, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oaklands 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 Oaklands:
    • 38.739283, -76.100220
    • 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 Oaklands
  • 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 Talbot County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Talbot County
    • Since Oaklands is near Caroline County and also Dorchester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester 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 Oaklands

Communities Also Named Oaklands ...

We found four communities that are also named Oaklands.

Within Maryland, the name Oaklands is unique.

Beyond Maryland, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

In addition to the above occurrences of Oaklands, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Massachusetts
      • Middlesex County
      • This Oaklands is located in Middlesex County and lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Oaklands that is located in Talbot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Oaklands.
    • Virginia
      • Goochland County
      • This Oaklands is located in Goochland County and lies 119 miles [191.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Oaklands that is located in Talbot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Goochland County community of Oaklands.
      • Loudoun 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 Virginia community of Oaklands [Loudoun County].
  • Communities Beyond North America ...
    • Australia
      • - New South Wales
      • Distance: 10,112 miles [16,273.7 km]<1> to the west
      • Open a Google Map centered on Oaklands

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oaklands ...

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.

  • Cedar Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Cedar Point is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
  • Cooks Hope
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Cooks Hope is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Hope
  • Crabapple Court
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Crabapple Court is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabapple Court
  • Holly Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Holly Oaks is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oaks
  • Idlewild
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Idlewild is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
  • Ivytown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ivytown is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivytown
  • Londonderry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Londonderry is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
  • Loves Folly
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Loves Folly is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loves Folly
  • Mulberry Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mulberry Hill is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Hill
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Peach Orchard
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Peach Orchard is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
    • Peachblossom
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Peachblossom is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachblossom
    • Poplar Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Poplar Hill is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
    • Rice Land
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Rice Land is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Land
    • Thanksgiving
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Thanksgiving is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thanksgiving
    • Third Haven Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Third Haven Heights is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Third Haven Heights

How Far From Oaklands 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 community such as Oaklands to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Easton, which is the Seat of Talbot County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Oaklands to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 51 miles [82.1 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,864 miles [9,437.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,566 miles [10,567 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,444 miles [7,151.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Oaklands) 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 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 Oaklands 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 Oaklands 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 Oaklands. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7393, Longitude: -76.1002       In this case, the coordinates for Oaklands have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.35 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.802 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.385 degrees.