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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 Island, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oak Island and the surrounding area.
- 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 Island:
- 29.661337, -94.689640
- 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 Island
- 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 Chambers County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chambers County
- Since Oak Island is near Galveston County and also Harris County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Galveston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harris 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 Island
Communities Also Named Oak Island ...
We found five communities that are also named Oak Island.
There is one other community in Texas that is also named Oak Island.
Beyond Texas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Bexar County
- This Oak Island is located in Bexar County and lies 234 miles [376.6 km]<1> to the west of the Oak Island that is located in Chambers County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bexar County community of Oak Island.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Massachusetts
- Suffolk County
- This Oak Island is located in Suffolk County and lies 1,581 miles [2,544.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Oak Island that is located in Chambers County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Oak Island.
- Michigan
- Oakland 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 Michigan community of Oak Island [Oakland County].
- Minnesota
- Lake of the Woods 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 Minnesota community of Oak Island [Lake of the Woods County].
- North Carolina
- Brunswick County
- This Oak Island is located in Brunswick County and lies 1,014 miles [1,631.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Oak Island that is located in Chambers County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brunswick County community of Oak Island.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oak Island ...
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.
- Cedar Bayou
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Bayou is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bayou
- Cove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cove is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Crescent
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Crescent is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Crystal Beach
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Elmgrove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Elmgrove is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmgrove
- Eminence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Eminence is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence
- High Island
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rollover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rollover is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollover
- Sea Breeze
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sea Breeze is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Breeze
- Shady Oaks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Shady Oaks is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Oaks
- Surf Oaks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Surf Oaks is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surf Oaks
- Turtle Bayou
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Turtle Bayou is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Bayou
How Far From Oak Island 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 Oak Island to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oak Island and extending to:
- Anahuac, which is the Seat of Chambers County, lies just to the North.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Oak Island to Austin, 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 1,188 miles [1,911.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 68 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,065 miles [11,370 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,784 miles [12,527.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,659 miles [9,107.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Oak Island) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 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 Oak Island 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Oak Island 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 Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.6613, Longitude: -94.6896 In this case, the coordinates for Oak Island have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.14 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.971 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.087 degrees. |
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