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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 Woodlawn Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodlawn Park 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 Woodlawn Park:
    • 35.509631, -97.649853
    • 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 Woodlawn Park
  • 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 Woodlawn Park ...

We found five communities that share the name Woodlawn Park.

Within Oklahoma, the name Woodlawn Park is unique.

Beyond Oklahoma, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Woodlawn Park is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,031 miles [1,659.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Woodlawn Park that is located in Oklahoma County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Woodlawn Park.
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • This Woodlawn Park is located in Jefferson County and lies 689 miles [1,108.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Woodlawn Park that is located in Oklahoma County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Woodlawn Park.
    • Ontario
      • This Woodlawn Park lies 1,069 miles [1,720.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Woodlawn Park that is located in Oklahoma County.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Woodlawn Park [Fairfax County].
      • Halifax County
      • This Woodlawn Park is located in Halifax County and lies 1,045 miles [1,681.8 km]<1> to the east of the Woodlawn Park that is located in Oklahoma County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Halifax County community of Woodlawn Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodlawn Park ...

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.

  • Bethany
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Clothier
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clothier have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clothier
    • Clothier is located in Cleveland County
  • Edmond
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
    • Edmond is located in Oklahoma County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,346 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edmond <3>
  • Forest Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
    • Forest Park is located in Oklahoma County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
  • Green Pastures
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Pastures have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pastures
    • Green Pastures is located in Oklahoma County
  • Mustang
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mustang have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang
    • Mustang is located in Canadian County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,049 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mustang <3>
  • Powers
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
    • Powers is located in Canadian County
  • Union City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
    • Union City is located in Canadian County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,209 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union City <3>
  • Valley Brook
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Brook
    • Valley Brook is located in Oklahoma County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
  • Wheatland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)

How Far From Woodlawn Park to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a town such as Woodlawn Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Oklahoma City, which is the Seat of Oklahoma County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies just to the east southeast (ESE).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,154 miles [1,857.2 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Woodlawn Park to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 66 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 45 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,870 miles [11,056.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,613 miles [12,251.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,499 miles [8,849.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woodlawn Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Oklahoma County: www.oklahomacounty.org/

The official website for State of Oklahoma: https://www.ok.gov/

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Woodlawn Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woodlawn Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5096, Longitude: -97.6499       In this case, the coordinates for Woodlawn Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Woodlawn Park 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>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.
<5>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.
<6>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 Woodlawn Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.836 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.878 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.724 degrees.




 

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