Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Black Oak, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Black Oak and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Black Oak
- 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 Black Oak:
- 39.547235, -93.838547
- 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 Black Oak
- 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 Caldwell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Caldwell County
- Since Black Oak is near Ray County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Ray County
- eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Black Oak ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Black Oak.
Within Missouri, the name Black Oak is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Craighead County
- This Black Oak is located in Craighead County and lies 318 miles [511.8 km]<2> to the southeast of the Black Oak that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craighead County community of Black Oak.
- Poinsett County
- This Black Oak is located in Poinsett County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km] to the southeast of the Black Oak that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Poinsett County community of Black Oak.
- Washington County
- This Black Oak is located in Washington County and lies 246 miles [395.9 km] to the south of the Black Oak that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Black Oak.
- California
- Indiana
- Davies's County
- This Black Oak is located in Davies's County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<2> to the east of the Black Oak that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davies's County community of Black Oak.
- Lake County
- This Black Oak is located in Lake County and lies 365 miles [587.4 km] to the east northeast of the Black Oak that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Black Oak.
- Maryland
- Ohio
- Tennessee
- Knox County
- This Black Oak is located in Knox County and lies 590 miles [949.5 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Black Oak that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Black Oak.
- Scott County
- This Black Oak is located in Scott County and lies 544 miles [875.5 km] to the east southeast of the Black Oak that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Black Oak.
- White County
- This Black Oak is located in White County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km] to the east southeast of the Black Oak that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Black Oak.
- Texas
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Black Oak ...
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.
- Bonanza ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Cowgill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Easterville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Easterville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easterville
- Easterville is located in Caldwell County
- Georgeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Georgeville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Georgeville is located in Ray County
- Judd
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Plymouth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Polo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Polo is located in Caldwell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 532 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Polo <6>
- Quote
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Regal
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Roads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Shoal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Black Oak 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 Black Oak to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Black Oak and extending to:
- Kingston, which is the Seat of Caldwell County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Black Oak to Kingston, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 898 miles [1,445.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,522 miles [10,496.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,267 miles [11,695.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,156 miles [8,297.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Black Oak. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.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 Black Oak 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 '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- Black Oak) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Black Oak. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5472, Longitude: -93.8385 In this case, the coordinates for Black Oak have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Black Oak, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Black Oak to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.55 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.733 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.207 degrees. |