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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 Oakwood Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oakwood Park and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Oakwood Park:
    • 37.127352, -80.393105
    • 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 Oakwood Park
  • 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Since Oakwood Park is near Radford City and also Floyd County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Radford City
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd 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 Oakwood Park

Communities Also Named Oakwood Park ...

We found nine communities that are also named Oakwood Park.

Within Virginia, the name Oakwood Park is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Kosciusko County
      • This Oakwood Park is located in Kosciusko County and lies 411 miles [661.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Oakwood Park that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kosciusko County community of Oakwood Park.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Oakwood Park is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 248 miles [399.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Oakwood Park that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Oakwood Park.
    • Michigan
      • Wayne 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 Oakwood Park [Wayne County].
    • Missouri
      • Clay County
      • This Oakwood Park is located in Clay County and lies 782 miles [1,258.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Oakwood Park that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Oakwood Park.
    • New Jersey
      • Union County
      • This Oakwood Park is located in Union County and lies 405 miles [651.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Oakwood Park that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Oakwood Park.
    • Ohio
      • Washington County
      • This Oakwood Park is located in Washington County and lies 169 miles [272 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Oakwood Park that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Oakwood Park.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Cumberland County
      • This Oakwood Park is located in Cumberland County and lies 283 miles [455.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Oakwood Park that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Oakwood Park.
      • Luzerne 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 Pennsylvania community of Oakwood Park [Luzerne County].
    • South Carolina
      • Beaufort County
      • This Oakwood Park is located in Beaufort County and lies 325 miles [523 km]<1> to the south of the Oakwood Park that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Oakwood Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oakwood Park ...

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.

  • Apple Acres
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Apple Acres is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Acres
  • Bangs ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Bangs is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
  • Christiansburg
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Craig Mountain
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Craig Mountain is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Mountain
  • Diamond Pointe
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Diamond Pointe is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Pointe
  • Echo Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Echo Hills is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Hills
  • Falling Branch
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Falling Branch is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Branch
  • Lee-Hi Court
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Lee-Hi Court is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee-Hi Court
  • Lester Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Lester Place is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Place
  • Mockingbird Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Mockingbird Hill is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Hill
  • Mountain View Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mountain View Park is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Park
  • Oak Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Oak Grove is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Raintree Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Raintree Village is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree Village
    • Rogers
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Rogers is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
    • Sleepy Hollow
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Sleepy Hollow is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
    • Suburban Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Suburban Hills is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Hills
    • Victory Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Victory Heights is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Heights
    • Walnut Grove
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Walnut Grove is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
    • Windmill Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Windmill Hills is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmill Hills

How Far From Oakwood Park 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 Oakwood Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oakwood Park and extending to:

  • Christiansburg, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Oakwood Park to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 219 miles [352.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,116 miles [9,842.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,822 miles [10,978.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,699 miles [7,562.3 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 from Point A (ie- Oakwood Park) 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 Oakwood Park 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 Oakwood Park 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 Oakwood Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1274, Longitude: -80.3931       In this case, the coordinates for Oakwood Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.942 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.511 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.735 degrees.