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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 Oak Hall, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oak Hall and the surrounding area.
- 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 Hall:
- 40.793951, -77.802500
- 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 Oak Hall
- 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 Centre County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Centre County
- Since Oak Hall is near Huntingdon County and also Mifflin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Huntingdon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mifflin 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 Oak Hall
Communities Also Named Oak Hall ...
We found two communities that are also named Oak Hall.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Oak Hall is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Accomack County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Oak Hall [Accomack County].
- Wisconsin
- Dane County
- This Oak Hall is located in Dane County and lies 615 miles [989.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Oak Hall that is located in Centre County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dane County community of Oak Hall.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oak Hall ...
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.
- Axemann
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Axemann is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axemann
- Circle Ville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Circle Ville is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle Ville
- Dale Summit
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dale Summit is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Summit
- Fishermans Paradise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fishermans Paradise is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishermans Paradise
- Hunter Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hunter Park is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Park
- Panorama Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Panorama Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
- Park Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Park Hills is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hills
- Peru
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Peru is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Pleasant Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shingletown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shingletown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingletown
- University Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- University Park is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park
How Far From Oak Hall 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 community such as Oak Hall to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oak Hall and extending to:
- Bellefonte, which is the Seat of Centre County, lies just to the North.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 59 miles [95 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Oak Hall to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 137 miles [220.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,849 miles [9,413.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,563 miles [10,562.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,439 miles [7,143.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Oak Hall 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. |
| <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- Oak Hall) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Oak Hall 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 Oak Hall. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7940, Longitude: -77.8025 In this case, the coordinates for Oak Hall have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.22 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.107 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.304 degrees. |
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