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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 Oakpoint, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oakpoint 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 Oakpoint:
    • 41.435597, -82.248490
    • 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 Oakpoint
  • 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 Lorain County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lorain County
    • Since Oakpoint is near Erie County and also Cuyahoga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Erie County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cuyahoga 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 Oakpoint

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oakpoint ...

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.

  • Beaver Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Beaver Park is located in Lorain County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Park
  • Bluebird Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Bluebird Beach is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebird Beach
  • Coonville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Coonville is located in Lorain County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coonville
  • Henrietta
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Henrietta is located in Lorain County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
  • Lake Breeze
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Breeze is located in Lorain County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Breeze
  • Orchard Beach
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Orchard Beach is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Beach
  • Rugby ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rugby is located in Lorain County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
  • Sunnyside
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Sunnyside is located in Lorain County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
  • Volunteer Bay
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Volunteer Bay is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteer Bay
  • Whiskyville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Whiskyville is located in Lorain County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskyville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Oakpoint once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Oakpoint and extending to:

  • Elyria, which is the Seat of Lorain County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Oakpoint to Columbus, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 326 miles [524.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,999 miles [9,654.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,725 miles [10,822.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,602 miles [7,406.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Oakpoint, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Oakpoint) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Oakpoint 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 Oakpoint. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4356, Longitude: -82.2485       In this case, the coordinates for Oakpoint have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.951 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.302 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.108 degrees.