Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Oak Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oak Point and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Oak Point
- 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 Oak Point:
- 44.514225, -75.751352
- 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 Oak Point
- 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 Saint Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Saint Lawrence County
- Since Oak Point is near Jefferson County and also Lewis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- eBird sighting report for Lewis 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 Oak Point ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Oak Point.
There is one other community in New York which is also named Oak Point.
Beyond New York, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Georgia
- DeKalb County
- This Oak Point is located in DeKalb County and lies 860 miles [1,384 km]<2> to the southwest of the Oak Point that is located in Saint Lawrence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Oak Point.
- Oconee County
- This Oak Point is located in Oconee County and lies 840 miles [1,351.8 km] to the south southwest of the Oak Point that is located in Saint Lawrence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Oak Point.
- Illinois
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Manitoba
- This Oak Point lies 1,113 miles [1,791.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Oak Point that is located in Saint Lawrence County.
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- New Brunswick
- This Oak Point lies 533 miles [857.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Oak Point that is located in Saint Lawrence County.
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oak Point ...
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.
- Butternut Bay
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butternut Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut Bay
- Cedars
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Edgewater Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgewater Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Edgewater Park is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Edwardsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edwardsville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Edwardsville is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Fernbank
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernbank
- Flanders Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flanders Heights came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders Heights
- Golf Side Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golf Side Gardens came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf Side Gardens
- Hillcrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Junetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Loyalist Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loyalist Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalist Park
- Mallorytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mallorytown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallorytown
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mallorytown <6>
- Mallorytown Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mallorytown Landing came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallorytown Landing
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Pope Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope Mills
- Pope Mills is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Ruby Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruby Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby Corner
- Ruby Corner is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Spring Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Terrace Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terrace Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Park
- Terrace Park is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Tincap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pope Mills
How Far From Oak Point 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 Oak Point to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oak Point and extending to:
- Canton, which is the Seat of Saint Lawrence County, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Oak Point to Canton, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 162 miles [260.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 393 miles [632.5 km] to the south (S). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,610 miles [9,028.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,335 miles [10,195.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,211 miles [6,776.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oak Point. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Saint Lawrence County: www.co.st-lawrence.ny.us/
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.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 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 Oak Point 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oak Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oak Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5142, Longitude: -75.7514 In this case, the coordinates for Oak Point 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 Oak Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <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 Oak Point 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 306.578 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.852 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.724 degrees. |