Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Oaklawn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oaklawn and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Oaklawn
- 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 Oaklawn:
- 36.410327, -87.088058
- 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 Oaklawn
- 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 Cheatham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Cheatham County
- Since Oaklawn is near Robertson County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Robertson County
- eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Oaklawn ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Oaklawn.
There are two communities within Tennessee that are also named Oaklawn.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Putnam County
- Shelby County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Desha County
- This Oaklawn is located in Desha County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Oaklawn that is located in Cheatham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Desha County community of Oaklawn.
- Garland 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 Arkansas community of Oaklawn [Garland County].
- Florida
- Georgia
- Brooks County
- This Oaklawn is located in Brooks County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Oaklawn that is located in Cheatham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brooks County community of Oaklawn.
- Coweta County
- This Oaklawn is located in Coweta County and lies 249 miles [400.7 km] to the south southeast of the Oaklawn that is located in Cheatham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coweta County community of Oaklawn.
- Houston 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 Georgia community of Oaklawn [Houston County].
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Saint Mary Parish
- This Oaklawn is located in Saint Mary Parish and lies 518 miles [833.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Oaklawn that is located in Cheatham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary Parish community of Oaklawn.
- Saint Tammany Parish
- This Oaklawn is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 452 miles [727.4 km] to the south southwest of the Oaklawn that is located in Cheatham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of Oaklawn.
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Oregon
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Virginia
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oaklawn ...
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.
- Bearwallow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Bearwallow is located in Cheatham County
- Betsystown ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Betsystown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betsystown
- Betsystown is located in Dickson County
- Cheap Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cheap Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheap Hill
- Cheap Hill is located in Cheatham County
- Estimated population in 2014: 173,778 people
- Fox Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Glover Crossroad
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glover Crossroad have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover Crossroad
- Glover Crossroad is located in Robertson County
- Grantville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grantville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
- Grantville is located in Montgomery County
- Henrietta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Hickory Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Point
- Hickory Point is located in Montgomery County
- Neptune
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Neptune is located in Cheatham County
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- Pinnacle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Pleasant View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Pleasant View is located in Cheatham County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,055 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pleasant View <4>
- Rest ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Sandy Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs
- Sandy Springs is located in Robertson County
- Shady Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Walnut Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Walnut Grove is located in Robertson County
- Pinnacle
How Far From Oaklawn 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 Oaklawn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oaklawn and extending to:
- Ashland City, which is the Seat of Cheatham County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Oaklawn to Ashland City, with an average speed<5> 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 24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast (SE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 575 miles [925.4 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 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,425 miles [10,340 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,145 miles [11,498.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,020 miles [8,078.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oaklawn. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Cheatham County: www.cheathamcounty.net/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oaklawn) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oaklawn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4103, Longitude: -87.0881 In this case, the coordinates for Oaklawn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Oaklawn 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> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Oaklawn to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.996 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.058 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.762 degrees. |