Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Oakville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oakville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Oakville
- 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 Oakville:
- 35.064950, -89.941330
- 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 Oakville
- 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 Shelby County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Since Oakville is near DeSoto County and also Crittenden County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for DeSoto County
- eBird sighting report for Crittenden 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 Oakville ...
We found 30 communities that share the name Oakville.
Within Tennessee, the name Oakville is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 30 communities, 27 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- This Oakville is located in Jefferson County and lies 211 miles [339.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Oakville that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Oakville.
- Lawrence County
- This Oakville is located in Lawrence County and lies 163 miles [262.3 km] to the east southeast of the Oakville that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Oakville.
- California
- Connecticut
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Manitoba
- This Oakville lies 1,104 miles [1,776.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Oakville that is located in Shelby County.
- Maryland
- Saint Mary's County
- This Oakville is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 770 miles [1,239.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Oakville that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Oakville.
- Somerset County
- This Oakville is located in Somerset County and lies 821 miles [1,321.3 km] to the east northeast of the Oakville that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Oakville.
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Pemiscot County
- This Oakville is located in Pemiscot County and lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the north of the Oakville that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pemiscot County community of Oakville.
- Saint Louis County
- This Oakville is located in Saint Louis County and lies 235 miles [378.2 km] to the north of the Oakville that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Oakville.
- New Brunswick
- This Oakville lies 1,388 miles [2,233.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Oakville that is located in Shelby County.
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ontario
- This Oakville lies 796 miles [1,281 km]<1> to the northeast of the Oakville that is located in Shelby County.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Cumberland County
- This Oakville is located in Cumberland County and lies 766 miles [1,232.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Oakville that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Oakville.
- Westmoreland County
- This Oakville is located in Westmoreland County and lies 666 miles [1,071.8 km] to the northeast of the Oakville that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Oakville.
- Texas
- Virginia
- Alexandria City
- 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 Virginia community of Oakville [Alexandria City].
- Appomattox County
- This Oakville is located in Appomattox County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Oakville that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Appomattox County community of Oakville.
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oakville ...
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.
- Booth ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Chickasaw Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chickasaw Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw Gardens
- Chickasaw Gardens is located in Shelby County
- Greenlawn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Mallory
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Mineral Wells
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Wells
- Mineral Wells is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Normal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Plum Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plum Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Point
- Plum Point is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Rosemary Lane
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosemary Lane have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary Lane
- Rosemary Lane is located in Shelby County
- Shadowlawn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shadowlawn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowlawn
- Shadowlawn is located in Shelby County
- Stonewall Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stonewall Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall Place
- Stonewall Place is located in Shelby County
How Far From Oakville 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 Oakville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oakville and extending to:
- Memphis, which is the Seat of Shelby County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 193 miles [310.6 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Oakville to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 758 miles [1,219.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,604 miles [10,628.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,327 miles [11,791.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,202 miles [8,371.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oakville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Shelby County: www.shelbycountytn.gov/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
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- Oakville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oakville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0650, Longitude: -89.9413 In this case, the coordinates for Oakville 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 Oakville 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 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 Oakville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.715 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.857 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.291 degrees. |