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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 Oakley Square, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oakley Square and the surrounding area.
- 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 Oakley Square:
- 39.151171, -84.433552
- 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 Oakley Square
- 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 Hamilton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- Since Oakley Square is near Campbell County and also Kenton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kenton 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 Oakley Square
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oakley Square ...
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.
- Bucktown ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bucktown is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
- Carthage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carthage is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
- Clare
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Clare is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
- Deer Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Park is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,522 people
- Hartwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hartwell is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwell
- Idlewild
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Idlewild is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Indian Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Indian Hill is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hill
- Ivorydale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ivorydale is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivorydale
- Ivorydale Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ivorydale Junction is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivorydale Junction
- Jerusalem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jerusalem is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Kennedy Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kennedy Heights is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Heights
- Little Bethlehem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Little Bethlehem is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Bethlehem
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Mount Lookout
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mount Lookout is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lookout
- Plainville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Plainville is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Pleasant Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Red Bank
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Red Bank is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Roselawn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Roselawn is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
- Walnut Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Hills is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills
- Woodlawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Campbell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
How Far From Oakley Square 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 Oakley Square to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Oakley Square and extending to:
- Cincinnati, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Oakley Square to Columbus, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 397 miles [638.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,190 miles [9,961.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,913 miles [11,125.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,789 miles [7,707.1 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 from Point A (ie- Oakley Square) 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 Oakley Square 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 Oakley Square. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1512, Longitude: -84.4336 In this case, the coordinates for Oakley Square have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.382 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.596 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.853 degrees. |
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