Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Oaklands, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oaklands and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Oaklands
- 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 Oaklands:
- 37.691813, -77.852495
- 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 Oaklands
- 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 Goochland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Goochland County
- Since Oaklands is near Powhatan County and also Louisa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Powhatan County
- eBird sighting report for Louisa 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 Oaklands ...
We found four communities that share the name Oaklands.
There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Oaklands.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
In addition to the above occurrences of Oaklands, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Communities Beyond North America ...
- Australia
- - New South Wales
- Distance: 10,007 miles [16,104.7 km]<2> to the west
- Australia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oaklands ...
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 Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Cedar Point is located in Goochland County
- Hillcrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Horsepen Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horsepen Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsepen Hills
- Horsepen Hills is located in Goochland County
- Irwin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Maidens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidens
- Maidens is located in Goochland County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maidens <4>
- Maidens Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maidens Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidens Forest
- Maidens Forest is located in Goochland County
- Mayos Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mayos Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayos Woods
- Mayos Woods is located in Goochland County
- Oilville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oilville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oilville
- Oilville is located in Goochland County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oilville <4>
- Poplar Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Forest
- Poplar Forest is located in Goochland County
- Strawberry Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strawberry Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Run
- Strawberry Run is located in Goochland County
- Three Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Oaks
- Three Oaks is located in Goochland County
- Timber Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timber Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
- Timber Ridge is located in Goochland County
How Far From Oaklands 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 Oaklands to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oaklands and extending to:
- Goochland, which is the Seat of Goochland County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Oaklands to Richmond, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 94 miles [151.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,984 miles [9,630.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,685 miles [10,758.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,563 miles [7,343.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oaklands. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Goochland County: www.co.goochland.va.us/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.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 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 Oaklands 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oaklands) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oaklands. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6918, Longitude: -77.8525 In this case, the coordinates for Oaklands have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Oaklands 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 308.433 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.873 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.502 degrees. |