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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 Seven Oaks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Seven 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 Seven Oaks:
    • 35.481621, -94.732252
    • 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 Seven 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 Sequoyah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sequoyah County
    • Since Seven Oaks is near Le Flore County and also Adair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Le Flore County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adair 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 Seven Oaks

Communities Also Named Seven Oaks ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Seven Oaks.

Within Oklahoma, the name Seven Oaks is unique.

Beyond Oklahoma, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • This Seven Oaks is located in San Bernardino County and lies 1,257 miles [2,022.9 km]<1> to the west of the Seven Oaks that is located in Sequoyah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Seven Oaks.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough 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 Florida community of Seven Oaks [Hillsborough County].
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Seven Oaks is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 1,019 miles [1,639.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Seven Oaks that is located in Sequoyah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Seven Oaks.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Seven Oaks is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,002 miles [1,612.6 km] to the east northeast of the Seven Oaks that is located in Sequoyah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Seven Oaks.
    • Michigan
      • Wayne 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 Michigan community of Seven Oaks [Wayne County].
    • Oregon
      • Jackson County
      • This Seven Oaks is located in Jackson County and lies 1,579 miles [2,541.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Seven Oaks that is located in Sequoyah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Seven Oaks.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • This Seven Oaks is located in Greenville County and lies 701 miles [1,128.2 km]<1> to the east of the Seven Oaks that is located in Sequoyah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Seven Oaks.
      • Lexington County
      • This Seven Oaks is located in Lexington County and lies 776 miles [1,248.9 km] to the east of the Seven Oaks that is located in Sequoyah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Seven Oaks.
      • Oconee County
      • This Seven Oaks is located in Oconee County and lies 670 miles [1,078.3 km] to the east of the Seven Oaks that is located in Sequoyah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Seven Oaks.
    • Tennessee
      • Hamblen County
      • This Seven Oaks is located in Hamblen County and lies 635 miles [1,021.9 km]<1> to the east of the Seven Oaks that is located in Sequoyah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of Seven Oaks.
      • Hawkins County
      • This Seven Oaks is located in Hawkins County and lies 678 miles [1,091.1 km] to the east of the Seven Oaks that is located in Sequoyah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hawkins County community of Seven Oaks.
    • Texas
      • Polk County
      • This Seven Oaks is located in Polk County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km]<1> to the south of the Seven Oaks that is located in Sequoyah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Seven Oaks.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Seven Oaks is located in Salt Lake County and lies 992 miles [1,596.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Seven Oaks that is located in Sequoyah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Seven Oaks.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Seven 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.

  • Blackjack
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Blackjack is located in Sequoyah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackjack
  • Brushy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Brushy is located in Sequoyah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy
  • Flute Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Flute Springs is located in Sequoyah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flute Springs
  • Liberty
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Liberty is located in Sequoyah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Long
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Long is located in Sequoyah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long
  • Maple
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Maple is located in Sequoyah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
  • Marble City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Marble City Community
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Marble City Community is located in Sequoyah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City Community
  • Pinhook Corners
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Pinhook Corners is located in Sequoyah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook Corners
  • Sadie
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Sadie is located in Sequoyah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sadie
  • Stoney Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Stoney Point is located in Sequoyah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point

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

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

  • Sallisaw, which is the Seat of Sequoyah County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Seven Oaks to Oklahoma City, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 999 miles [1,607.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,766 miles [10,888.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,502 miles [12,073.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,383 miles [8,663.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Seven 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 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 Seven 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Seven 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 Seven Oaks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4816, Longitude: -94.7323       In this case, the coordinates for Seven Oaks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.86 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.566 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.361 degrees.