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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 Oldham, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oldham 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 Oldham:
- 32.872627, -96.881115
- 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 Oldham
- 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 Dallas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- Since Oldham is near Collin County and also Tarrant County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Collin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tarrant 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 Oldham
Communities Also Named Oldham ...
We found ten communities that are also named Oldham.
There are two communities within Texas that are also named Oldham.
Beyond Texas, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Houston County
- This Oldham is located in Houston County and lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Oldham that is located in Dallas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Oldham.
- Tyler County
- This Oldham is located in Tyler County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Oldham that is located in Dallas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tyler County community of Oldham.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Crittenden 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 Oldham [Crittenden County].
- Kentucky
- Oldham County
- This Oldham is located in Oldham County and lies 750 miles [1,207 km]<1> to the northeast of the Oldham that is located in Dallas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oldham County community of Oldham.
- Mississippi
- Tishomingo County
- This Oldham is located in Tishomingo County and lies 518 miles [833.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Oldham that is located in Dallas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tishomingo County community of Oldham.
- Missouri
- Boone County
- This Oldham is located in Boone County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Oldham that is located in Dallas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Oldham.
- Nova Scotia
- This Oldham lies 1,960 miles [3,154.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Oldham that is located in Dallas County.
- Ohio
- Guernsey County
- This Oldham is located in Guernsey County and lies 981 miles [1,578.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Oldham that is located in Dallas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guernsey County community of Oldham.
- South Dakota
- Kingsbury County
- This Oldham is located in Kingsbury County and lies 784 miles [1,261.7 km]<1> to the north of the Oldham that is located in Dallas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kingsbury County community of Oldham.
- Tennessee
- Sevier County
- This Oldham is located in Sevier County and lies 789 miles [1,269.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Oldham that is located in Dallas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sevier County community of Oldham.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oldham ...
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.
- Eagle Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Eagle Ford is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Ford
- Farmers Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Grand Prairie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gribble
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gribble is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gribble
- Highland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Highland is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Jim Town ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jim Town is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Town
- Jim Town has also been known as:
- Jimtown
- Minters Chapel ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Minters Chapel is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minters Chapel
- Oak Cliff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Oak Cliff is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Cliff
- Shady Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Trinity Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Trinity Mills is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Mills
- University Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
How Far From Oldham 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 Oldham to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oldham and extending to:
- Dallas, which is the Seat of Dallas County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Oldham 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 1,182 miles [1,902.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 6,982 miles [11,236.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,717 miles [12,419.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,596 miles [9,005.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oldham) 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 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 Oldham 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 Oldham 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 Oldham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8726, Longitude: -96.8811 In this case, the coordinates for Oldham have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.009 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.578 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.687 degrees. |
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