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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 Oakland Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oakland Mills 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 Oakland Mills:
    • 40.233167, -74.344315
    • 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 Oakland Mills
  • 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 Monmouth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monmouth County
    • Since Oakland Mills is near Middlesex County and also Ocean County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ocean 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 Oakland Mills

Communities Also Named Oakland Mills ...

We found four communities that are also named Oakland Mills.

Within New Jersey, the name Oakland Mills is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Henry County
      • This Oakland Mills is located in Henry County and lies 905 miles [1,456.5 km]<1> to the west of the Oakland Mills that is located in Monmouth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Oakland Mills.
    • Kentucky
      • Nicholas 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 Kentucky community of Oakland Mills [Nicholas County].
    • Maryland
      • Howard County
      • This Oakland Mills is located in Howard County and lies 150 miles [241.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Oakland Mills that is located in Monmouth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Oakland Mills.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Juniata County
      • This Oakland Mills is located in Juniata County and lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<1> to the west of the Oakland Mills that is located in Monmouth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Juniata County community of Oakland Mills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oakland Mills ...

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.

  • Bergerville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bergerville is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergerville
  • Elton
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Elton is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
  • Fair Play
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Fair Play is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Play
  • Freehold
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Freehold is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freehold
  • Georgia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Georgia is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
  • Gordons Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Gordons Corner is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordons Corner
  • Gravel Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Gravel Hill is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
  • Harmony
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Harmony is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Maryland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Maryland is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland
  • Middlesex Downs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Middlesex Downs is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex Downs
  • Sweetman
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sweetman is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetman
  • Vista Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Vista Center is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Center

How Far From Oakland Mills 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 Oakland Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Freehold, which is the Seat of Monmouth County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Oakland Mills to Trenton, with an average speed<3> 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.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 170 miles [273.6 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,727 miles [9,216.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,432 miles [10,351.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,309 miles [6,934.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oakland Mills) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Oakland Mills 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 Oakland Mills 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 Oakland Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2332, Longitude: -74.3443       In this case, the coordinates for Oakland Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.193 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.724 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.023 degrees.