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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 Summit, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oak Summit 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 Summit:
- 40.095110, -75.159620
- 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 Summit
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Oak Summit is near Philadelphia County and also Bucks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Philadelphia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks 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 Summit
Communities Also Named Oak Summit ...
We found three communities that are also named Oak Summit.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Oak Summit is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Oak Summit is located in Baltimore County and lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Oak Summit that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Oak Summit.
- New York
- Dutchess 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 New York community of Oak Summit [Dutchess County].
- North Carolina
- Forsyth 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 North Carolina community of Oak Summit [Forsyth County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oak Summit ...
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.
- Branchtown ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Branchtown is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchtown
- Carpenter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Carpenter is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
- Cedarbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cedarbrook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarbrook
- Chestnut Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Coventry House
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Coventry House is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry House
- Dublin Chase
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dublin Chase is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin Chase
- Fern Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fern Rock is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Rock
- Fern Rock Station ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fern Rock Station is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Rock Station
- Flourtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Gravers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gravers is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravers
- Highland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Highland is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Hill Crest
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hill Crest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Crest
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hillside ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Ivy Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ivy Hill is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Hill
- Jenkintown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kennedy House
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kennedy House is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy House
- Mermaid
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mermaid is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mermaid
- Milestown ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Milestown is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milestown
- Mount Pleasant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Noble
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Noble is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
- Oak Lane
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Lane is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Lane
- Oaklane
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oaklane is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklane
- Pheasant Knoll
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pheasant Knoll is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Knoll
- Rockledge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sunnybrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnybrook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook
- Valley Green
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Valley Green is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Green
How Far From Oak Summit 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 Summit to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oak Summit and extending to:
- Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Oak Summit to Norristown, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 91 miles [146.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 129 miles [207.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,768 miles [9,282.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,474 miles [10,418.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,350 miles [7,000.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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- Oak Summit) 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 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 Summit 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 Oak Summit 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 Summit. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0951, Longitude: -75.1596 In this case, the coordinates for Oak Summit have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.688 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.263 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.432 degrees. |
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