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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 Oaktree, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oaktree 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 Oaktree:
- 37.333462, -76.704422
- 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 Oaktree
- 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 York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for York County
- Since Oaktree is near James City County and also Williamsburg City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for James City County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Williamsburg City
- 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 Oaktree
Communities Also Named Oaktree ...
We found one communities that are also named Oaktree.
There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Oaktree.
Beyond Virginia.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Loudoun County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Oaktree [Loudoun County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oaktree ...
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.
- Adams Hunt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Adams Hunt is located in James City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Hunt
- Camelot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Camelot is located in James City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Centerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in James City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Chisel Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chisel Run is located in James City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisel Run
- Fords Colony
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fords Colony is located in James City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Colony
- Forest Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Forest Glen is located in James City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
- Fox Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fox Ridge is located in James City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Ridge
- Greensprings
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greensprings is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensprings
- Indigo Terrace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Indigo Terrace is located in James City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indigo Terrace
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lightfoot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Longhill Gate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Longhill Gate is located in James City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longhill Gate
- Middle Plantation
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Plantation is located in James City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Plantation
- Porta Bello
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Porta Bello is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porta Bello
- Queens Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Queens Lake is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Lake
- Queenswood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Queenswood is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenswood
How Far From Oaktree 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 Oaktree to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Oaktree and extending to:
- Yorktown, which is the Seat of York County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Oaktree to Yorktown, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 42 miles [67.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 109 miles [175.4 km] to the north (N). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,949 miles [9,574 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,647 miles [10,697.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,526 miles [7,283.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Oaktree 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oaktree) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Oaktree 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 Oaktree. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3335, Longitude: -76.7044 In this case, the coordinates for Oaktree have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.787 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.082 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.17 degrees. |
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