Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Charter Oak, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Charter Oak and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Charter Oak
- 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 Charter Oak:
- 45.824281, -122.558154
- 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 Charter Oak
- 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Clark County
- Since Charter Oak is near Cowlitz County and also Columbia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cowlitz County
- eBird sighting report for Columbia 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 Charter Oak ...
We found five communities that share the name Charter Oak.
Within Washington, the name Charter Oak is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Los Angeles County
- This Charter Oak is located in Los Angeles County and lies 846 miles [1,361.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Charter Oak that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Charter Oak.
- Connecticut
- Hartford 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 Connecticut community of Charter Oak [Hartford County].
- Iowa
- Crawford County
- This Charter Oak is located in Crawford County and lies 1,358 miles [2,185.5 km]<1> to the east of the Charter Oak that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Charter Oak.
- Missouri
- Stoddard County
- This Charter Oak is located in Stoddard County and lies 1,801 miles [2,898.4 km]<1> to the east of the Charter Oak that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stoddard County community of Charter Oak.
- Texas
- Bell 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 Texas community of Charter Oak [Bell County].
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Charter Oak ...
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.
- Alpine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Battle Ground
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle Ground
- Battle Ground is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,712 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Battle Ground <4>
- Cedarville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedarville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Cedarville is located in Clark County
- Dollar's Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dollar's Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar's Corner
- Dollar's Corner is located in Clark County
- Good Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Highland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - King Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Corner
- King Corner is located in Clark County
- Lewisville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lewisville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Lewisville is located in Clark County
- Meadow Glade
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Glade
- Meadow Glade is located in Clark County
- Pioneer
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Pioneer is located in Clark County
How Far From Charter Oak 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 Charter Oak to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Charter Oak and extending to:
- Vancouver, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Charter Oak to Vancouver, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 85 miles [136.8 km] to the north (N). 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,338 miles [3,762.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,893 miles [11,093.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,655 miles [12,319.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,769 miles [9,284.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Charter Oak. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Clark County: www.co.clark.wa.us/
The official website for State of Washington: https://wa.gov/
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Charter Oak) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Charter Oak. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.8243, Longitude: -122.5582 In this case, the coordinates for Charter Oak have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Charter Oak 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> | 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Charter Oak to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.969 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.451 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.027 degrees. |