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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 Wood Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oak Wood Estates 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 Oak Wood Estates:
    • 36.487554, -88.073644
    • 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 Wood Estates
  • 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 Henry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
    • Since Oak Wood Estates is near Calloway County and also Stewart County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calloway County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Stewart 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 Wood Estates

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oak Wood Estates ...

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.

  • Chestnut Grove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Chestnut Grove is located in Stewart County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
  • Cotton Patch Crossroads
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Dover
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Dover is located in Stewart County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
    • Former name for Dover:
    • Monroe
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <1>
  • Elkhorn
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Elkhorn is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
  • Freeland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Freeland is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland
  • Liberty
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Liberty is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Lick Creek
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Lick Creek is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Creek
  • Mint Spring ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Mint Spring is located in Stewart County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mint Spring
  • Moons
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Moons is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moons
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Mount Pleasant
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Nobles
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Nobles is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobles
    • Oak Grove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Oak Grove is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Pottertown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Pottertown is located in Calloway County (KY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottertown
    • Rushing ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Rushing is located in Stewart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushing
    • Tip Top
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Tip Top is located in Stewart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tip Top

How Far From Oak Wood Estates 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 Wood Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Oak Wood Estates and extending to:

  • Paris, which is the Seat of Henry County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Oak Wood Estates to Paris, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 75 miles [120.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 625 miles [1,005.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,460 miles [10,396.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,183 miles [11,559.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,059 miles [8,141.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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- Oak Wood Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Wood Estates 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 Wood Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4876, Longitude: -88.0736       In this case, the coordinates for Oak Wood Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.617 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.784 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.174 degrees.