Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Black Oak, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Black Oak and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Black Oak
- 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 Black Oak:
- 32.972186, -95.430932
- 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 Black Oak
- 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 Hopkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hopkins County
- Since Black Oak is near Wood County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Wood County
- eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Black Oak ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Black Oak.
Within Texas, the name Black Oak is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Craighead County
- This Black Oak is located in Craighead County and lies 349 miles [561.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Black Oak that is located in Hopkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craighead County community of Black Oak.
- Poinsett County
- This Black Oak is located in Poinsett County and lies 333 miles [535.9 km] to the east northeast of the Black Oak that is located in Hopkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Poinsett County community of Black Oak.
- Washington County
- This Black Oak is located in Washington County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km] to the north northeast of the Black Oak that is located in Hopkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Black Oak.
- California
- Indiana
- Davies's County
- This Black Oak is located in Davies's County and lies 610 miles [981.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Black Oak that is located in Hopkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davies's County community of Black Oak.
- Lake County
- This Black Oak is located in Lake County and lies 738 miles [1,187.7 km] to the north northeast of the Black Oak that is located in Hopkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Black Oak.
- Maryland
- Missouri
- Ohio
- Tennessee
- Knox County
- This Black Oak is located in Knox County and lies 684 miles [1,100.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Black Oak that is located in Hopkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Black Oak.
- Scott County
- This Black Oak is located in Scott County and lies 660 miles [1,062.2 km] to the east northeast of the Black Oak that is located in Hopkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Black Oak.
- White County
- This Black Oak is located in White County and lies 601 miles [967.2 km] to the east northeast of the Black Oak that is located in Hopkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Black Oak.
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Black Oak ...
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.
- Cartwright
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cartwright have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Cartwright is located in Wood County
- Coke
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coke
- Coke is located in Wood County
- Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Crossroads is located in Hopkins County
- Cypress
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Greenpond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Greenwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Greenwood is located in Hopkins County
- Harmony
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Humble
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Martin Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martin Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Springs
- Martin Springs is located in Hopkins County
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Oak Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Pleasant Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pleasant Grove is located in Wood County
- Rock Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Rock Springs is located in Franklin County
- Stout
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Thermo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Union
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove
How Far From Black Oak 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 Black Oak to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Black Oak and extending to:
- Sulphur Springs, which is the Seat of Hopkins County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Black Oak to Sulphur Springs, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 231 miles [371.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,104 miles [1,776.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 63 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,923 miles [11,141.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,654 miles [12,317.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,531 miles [8,901.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Black Oak. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Hopkins County: www.hopkinscountytx.org/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Black Oak 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Black Oak) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Black Oak. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9722, Longitude: -95.4309 |
| <3> | 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 Black Oak, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Black Oak 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 319.058 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.476 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.028 degrees. |