Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Oil Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oil Center and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Oil Center
- 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 Center:
- 32.499292, -103.261306
- 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 Center
- 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 Lea County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lea County
- Since Oil Center is near Otero County and also Gaines County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Otero County
- eBird sighting report for Gaines 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 Center ...
We found six communities that share the name Oil Center.
Within New Mexico, the name Oil Center is unique.
Beyond New Mexico, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Crawford County
- This Oil Center is located in Crawford County and lies 971 miles [1,562.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Oil Center that is located in Lea County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Oil Center.
- Marion 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 Illinois community of Oil Center [Marion County].
- Kentucky
- Pulaski County
- This Oil Center is located in Pulaski County and lies 1,096 miles [1,763.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Oil Center that is located in Lea County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Oil Center.
- Louisiana
- Lafayette Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Oil Center [Lafayette Parish].
- Ohio
- Wood County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Oil Center [Wood County].
- Oklahoma
- Pontotoc County
- This Oil Center is located in Pontotoc County and lies 404 miles [650.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Oil Center that is located in Lea County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pontotoc County community of Oil Center.
- Illinois
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oil Center ...
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.
- Buckeye
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest) - Halfway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west) - Hobbs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs
- Hobbs is located in Lea County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39,339 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hobbs <5>
- Humble City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Humble City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humble City
- Humble City is located in Lea County
- Jones City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
- Jones City is located in Lea County
- Maypens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maypens
- Maypens is located in Lea County
- Monument
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument
- Monument is located in Lea County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monument <5>
- Nadine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Oil Center 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 Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oil Center and extending to:
- Lovington, which is the Seat of Lea County, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Oil Center to Lovington, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 268 miles [431.3 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,529 miles [2,460.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 87 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,230 miles [11,635.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,979 miles [12,841 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,871 miles [9,448.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oil Center. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Lea County: www.leacounty.net/
The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oil Center) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oil Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4993, Longitude: -103.2613 In this case, the coordinates for Oil Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Center 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> | 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 Oil Center, 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Center to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.379 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.70 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.694 degrees. |