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:
- 38.905281, -75.814463
- 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 county-by-county basis. We have selected Caroline County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Caroline County
- Since Oil City is near Kent County and also Talbot County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Kent County
- eBird sighting report for Talbot 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 Maryland, the name Oil City is unique.
Beyond Maryland, 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
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- New Mexico
- Oklahoma
- Carter County
- This Oil City is located in Carter County and lies 1,236 miles [1,989.1 km]<2> to the west of the Oil City that is located in Caroline County.
- 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 1,265 miles [2,035.8 km] to the west of the Oil City that is located in Caroline County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stephens County community of Oil City.
- Ontario
- This Oil City lies 439 miles [706.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the Oil City that is located in Caroline County.
- Pennsylvania
- Cambria County
- This Oil City is located in Cambria County and lies 182 miles [292.9 km]<2> to the northwest of the Oil City that is located in Caroline County.
- 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 269 miles [432.9 km] to the northwest of the Oil City that is located in Caroline County.
- 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.
- Anthony
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Brick Wall Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brick Wall Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Wall Landing
- Brick Wall Landing is located in Caroline County
- Burrsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burrsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrsville
- Burrsville is located in Caroline County
- Choptank Overlook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Choptank Overlook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choptank Overlook
- Choptank Overlook is located in Caroline County
- Choptank Ponds
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Choptank Ponds have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choptank Ponds
- Choptank Ponds is located in Caroline County
- Four Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Four Corners is located in Caroline County
- Hobbs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Holly Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Corner
- Holly Corner is located in Caroline County
- Legion Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Legion Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legion Heights
- Legion Heights is located in Caroline County
- Maple Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Village
- Maple Village is located in Caroline County
- Melvin Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melvin Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Crossroads
- Melvin Crossroads is located in Kent County (DE)
- Potters Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Potters Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Landing
- Potters Landing is located in Caroline County
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- Riverview Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverview Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Gardens
- Riverview Gardens is located in Caroline County
- Spring Branch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Branch
- Spring Branch is located in Caroline County
- Trinity
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Union Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Corners
- Union Corners is located in Caroline County
- Williams Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williams Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Heights
- Williams Heights is located in Caroline County
- Riverview Gardens
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 community 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:
- Denton, which is the Seat of Caroline County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Oil City to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 65 miles [104.6 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,845 miles [9,406.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,547 miles [10,536.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,425 miles [7,121.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
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 Caroline County: www.carolinemd.org/
The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.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 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 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 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line 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: 38.9053, Longitude: -75.8145 |
| <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 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.172 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.624 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.20 degrees. |