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.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Oak Hall
- 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.
- 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:
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Huntingdon County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Oak Hall ...
We found two communities that share the name Oak Hall.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Oak Hall is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
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) - Circle Ville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Circle Ville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle Ville
- Circle Ville is located in Centre County
- Dale Summit
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dale Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Summit
- Dale Summit is located in Centre County
- Fishermans Paradise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fishermans Paradise have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishermans Paradise
- Fishermans Paradise is located in Centre County
- Hunter Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Park
- Hunter Park is located in Centre County
- Panorama Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Panorama Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
- Panorama Village is located in Centre County
- Park Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hills
- Park Hills is located in Centre County
- Peru
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Pleasant Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Gap
- Pleasant Gap is located in Centre County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pleasant Gap <5>
- Shingletown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shingletown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingletown
- Shingletown is located in Centre County
- University Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park
- University Park is located in Centre County
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<6> 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<7> 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).<8>
- 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).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,439 miles [7,143.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oak Hall. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oak Hall) to Point B.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). |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Hall 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 308.22 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.107 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.304 degrees. |