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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 White Oak Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Oak Village 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 White Oak Village:
    • 38.645118, -76.880805
    • 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 White Oak Village
  • 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 Charles County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Charles County
    • Since White Oak Village is near Prince George's County and also Calvert County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George's County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calvert 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 White Oak Village

Curious and Interesting Names Near White Oak Village ...

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.

  • Ashbox
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Ashbox is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashbox
  • Bannister
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Bannister is located in Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannister
  • Beantown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Beantown is located in Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beantown
  • Berry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Berry is located in Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry
  • Cedarville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Cedarville is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
  • Constitution Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Constitution Hills is located in Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constitution Hills
  • Danville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Danville is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
  • Deerwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Deerwood is located in Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
  • Delight
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Delight is located in Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delight
  • Forest Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Forest Park is located in Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Fox Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Fox Run is located in Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
  • Green Acres
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Acres is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Holly Station
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Holly Station is located in Charles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Station
    • Lynnbrook
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Lynnbrook is located in Charles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnbrook
    • Meadowbrook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Meadowbrook is located in Charles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
    • Pleasant Springs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Pleasant Springs is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Springs
    • Springhaven
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Springhaven is located in Charles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhaven

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in White Oak Village and extending to:

  • La Plata, which is the Seat of Charles County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from White Oak Village to La Plata, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 31 miles [49.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 19 miles [30.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,901 miles [9,496.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,605 miles [10,629.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,482 miles [7,213.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- White Oak Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 White Oak Village 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 White Oak Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6451, Longitude: -76.8808       In this case, the coordinates for White Oak Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.814 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.314 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.746 degrees.