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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 Whispering Oaks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whispering Oaks 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 Whispering Oaks:
    • 40.773333, -81.432222
    • 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 Whispering Oaks
  • 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 Stark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Stark County
    • Since Whispering Oaks is near Tuscarawas County and also Summit County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscarawas County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Summit 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 Whispering Oaks

Communities Also Named Whispering Oaks ...

We found nine communities that are also named Whispering Oaks.

Within Ohio, the name Whispering Oaks is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Whispering Oaks is located in Jefferson County and lies 596 miles [959.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Whispering Oaks that is located in Stark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Whispering Oaks.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Whispering Oaks is located in Hillsborough County and lies 881 miles [1,417.8 km]<1> to the south of the Whispering Oaks that is located in Stark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Whispering Oaks.
    • Illinois
      • Lake 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 Whispering Oaks [Lake County].
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Whispering Oaks is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 888 miles [1,429.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Whispering Oaks that is located in Stark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Whispering Oaks.
    • North Carolina
      • Mecklenburg County
      • This Whispering Oaks is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 381 miles [613.2 km]<1> to the south of the Whispering Oaks that is located in Stark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Whispering Oaks.
    • Texas
      • Bexar 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 Texas community of Whispering Oaks [Bexar County].
      • Harris County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Whispering Oaks [Harris County].
      • Rains County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Whispering Oaks [Rains County].
    • Utah
      • Weber County
      • This Whispering Oaks is located in Weber County and lies 1,582 miles [2,546 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Whispering Oaks that is located in Stark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Whispering Oaks.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Whispering Oaks ...

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.

  • Grove Mill
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Grove Mill is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Mill
  • Hills and Dales
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hills and Dales is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills and Dales
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
  • Industrial Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Industrial Heights is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Industrial Heights
  • Lake View Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake View Heights is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Heights
  • Lincoln Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lincoln Heights is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
  • New England
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • New England is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New England
  • Parkridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Parkridge is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkridge
  • Richville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Richville is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
  • Ridgedale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Ridgedale is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgedale
  • Sweetbriar
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Sweetbriar is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetbriar
  • Waco
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Waco is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
  • Walnut Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Walnut Hills is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills

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

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

  • Canton, which is the Seat of Stark County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Whispering Oaks to Columbus, with an average speed<3>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 266 miles [428.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,996 miles [9,649.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,719 miles [10,813.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,595 miles [7,394.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Whispering Oaks) 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 Whispering Oaks 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 Whispering Oaks 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 Whispering Oaks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7733, Longitude: -81.4322       In this case, the coordinates for Whispering Oaks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.464 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.649 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.959 degrees.