Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Oak Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oak Creek and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Oak Creek
- 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 Oak Creek:
- 43.266506, -123.208122
- 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 Oak Creek
- 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Since Oak Creek is near Lane County and also Coos County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lane County
- eBird sighting report for Coos 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Oak Creek ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Oak Creek.
Within Oregon, the name Oak Creek is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Colorado
- Fremont 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 Colorado community of Oak Creek [Fremont County].
- Routt County
- This Oak Creek is located in Routt County and lies 860 miles [1,384 km]<1> to the east of the Oak Creek that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Routt County community of Oak Creek.
- Georgia
- Mississippi
- South Carolina
- Greenville County
- This Oak Creek is located in Greenville County and lies 2,247 miles [3,616.2 km]<1> to the east of the Oak Creek that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Oak Creek.
- Lexington County
- This Oak Creek is located in Lexington County and lies 2,330 miles [3,749.8 km] to the east of the Oak Creek that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Oak Creek.
- Spartanburg County
- This Oak Creek is located in Spartanburg County and lies 2,264 miles [3,643.6 km] to the east of the Oak Creek that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Oak Creek.
- Texas
- Bexar County
- Although located in Bexar County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bexar County community of Oak Creek.
- Utah
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oak Creek ...
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.
- Edenbower
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Fair Oaks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Glide
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glide have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glide
- Glide is located in Douglas County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glide <4>
- Green
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Oaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Peel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Redbell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Riversdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riversdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riversdale
- Riversdale is located in Douglas County
- Rockland ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Shady
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Union Gap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Oak Creek 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 Oak Creek 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<5> community of Oak Creek once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Oak Creek and extending to:
- Roseburg, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Oak Creek to Salem, with an average speed<6>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 2,391 miles [3,847.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 136 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,070 miles [11,378.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,834 miles [12,607.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,936 miles [9,553.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Douglas County: www.co.douglas.or.us/
The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oak Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oak Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2665, Longitude: -123.2081 In this case, the coordinates for Oak Creek 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 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 Oak Creek 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> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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 Oak Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Oak Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.349 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.776 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.57 degrees. |