RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Tennessee >> Sumner County >> Glen Oaks >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Glen Oaks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glen Oaks 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 Glen Oaks:
    • 36.323384, -86.617773
    • 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 Glen Oaks
  • 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 Sumner County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sumner County
    • Since Glen Oaks is near Davidson County and also Wilson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Davidson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wilson 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 Glen Oaks

Communities Also Named Glen Oaks ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Glen Oaks.

Within Tennessee, the name Glen Oaks is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Glen Oaks is located in Jefferson County and lies 198 miles [318.7 km]<1> to the south of the Glen Oaks that is located in Sumner County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Glen Oaks.
      • Lauderdale County
      • This Glen Oaks is located in Lauderdale County and lies 121 miles [194.7 km] to the southwest of the Glen Oaks that is located in Sumner County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Glen Oaks.
    • Arizona
      • Yavapai County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Glen Oaks [Yavapai County].
    • California
      • San Diego County
      • This Glen Oaks is located in San Diego County and lies 1,725 miles [2,776.1 km]<1> to the west of the Glen Oaks that is located in Sumner County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of Glen Oaks.
    • Georgia
      • Clarke County
      • This Glen Oaks is located in Clarke County and lies 243 miles [391.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Glen Oaks that is located in Sumner County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Glen Oaks.
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Glen Oaks is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 478 miles [769.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Glen Oaks that is located in Sumner County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Glen Oaks.
    • Maryland
      • Howard County
      • This Glen Oaks is located in Howard County and lies 568 miles [914.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Glen Oaks that is located in Sumner County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Glen Oaks.
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Glen Oaks [Montgomery County].
    • New York
      • Queens County
      • This Glen Oaks is located in Queens County and lies 760 miles [1,223.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Glen Oaks that is located in Sumner County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queens County community of Glen Oaks.
    • Texas
      • San Augustine County
      • This Glen Oaks is located in San Augustine County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Glen Oaks that is located in Sumner County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Augustine County community of Glen Oaks.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Glen Oaks is located in Davis County and lies 1,392 miles [2,240.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Glen Oaks that is located in Sumner County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Glen Oaks.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Glen Oaks [Fairfax County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Glen Oaks ...

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.

  • Cedarbrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Cedarbrook is located in Sumner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarbrook
  • High Chaparral
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • High Chaparral is located in Sumner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Chaparral
  • Indian Forest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Indian Forest is located in Sumner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Forest
  • Meadowvale
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Meadowvale is located in Sumner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowvale
  • Panorama Harbor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Panorama Harbor is located in Sumner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Harbor
  • Rockland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Rockland is located in Sumner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
  • Rosewood
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Rosewood is located in Sumner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
  • Scottish Highlands
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Scottish Highlands is located in Sumner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottish Highlands
  • Shackle Island
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Shackle Island is located in Sumner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackle Island
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,844 people
  • Twin Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Twin Valley is located in Sumner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Valley

How Far From Glen Oaks to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Glen Oaks to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Gallatin, which is the Seat of Sumner County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Glen Oaks to Gallatin, 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.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 553 miles [890 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,410 miles [10,315.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,129 miles [11,473 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,004 miles [8,053.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Glen Oaks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Glen Oaks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Glen Oaks 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.
<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 Glen Oaks 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 Glen Oaks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3234, Longitude: -86.6178       In this case, the coordinates for Glen Oaks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.701 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.705 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.58 degrees.