Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Oakmont, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oakmont and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Oakmont
- 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 Oakmont:
- 39.366766, -79.188369
- 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 Oakmont
- 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 Mineral County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Mineral County
- Since Oakmont is near Garrett County and also Grant County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Garrett County
- eBird sighting report for Grant 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 Oakmont ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Oakmont.
There is one other community in West Virginia which is also named Oakmont.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Delaware
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Oakmont is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 146 miles [235 km]<1> to the east of the Oakmont that is located in Mineral County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Oakmont.
- Harford County
- This Oakmont is located in Harford County and lies 147 miles [236.6 km] to the east of the Oakmont that is located in Mineral County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Oakmont.
- Montgomery County
- This Oakmont is located in Montgomery County and lies 113 miles [181.9 km] to the east southeast of the Oakmont that is located in Mineral County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Oakmont.
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- This Oakmont is located in Allegheny County and lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Oakmont that is located in Mineral County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Oakmont.
- Cambria 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 Oakmont [Cambria County].
- Dauphin County
- This Oakmont is located in Dauphin County and lies 145 miles [233.4 km] to the east northeast of the Oakmont that is located in Mineral County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Oakmont.
- Delaware County
- This Oakmont is located in Delaware County and lies 210 miles [338 km] to the east northeast of the Oakmont that is located in Mineral County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Oakmont.
- South Carolina
- Beaufort County
- This Oakmont is located in Beaufort County and lies 488 miles [785.4 km]<1> to the south of the Oakmont that is located in Mineral County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Oakmont.
- Dorchester County
- This Oakmont is located in Dorchester County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km] to the south of the Oakmont that is located in Mineral County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Oakmont.
- Oconee County
- This Oakmont is located in Oconee County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km] to the southwest of the Oakmont that is located in Mineral County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Oakmont.
- Orangeburg County
- This Oakmont is located in Orangeburg County and lies 412 miles [663 km] to the south southwest of the Oakmont that is located in Mineral County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orangeburg County community of Oakmont.
- Tennessee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oakmont ...
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.
- Blaine
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Claysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Claysville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Claysville is located in Mineral County
- Crosstown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Elk Garden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elk Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Garden
- Elk Garden is located in Mineral County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elk Garden <4>
- Hartmansville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmansville
- Hartmansville is located in Mineral County
- Mount Storm
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Storm have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Storm
- Mount Storm is located in Grant County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Storm <4>
- Skyline
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Standard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Sulphur City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sulphur City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur City
- Sulphur City is located in Mineral County
How Far From Oakmont 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 Oakmont to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oakmont and extending to:
- Keyser, which is the Seat of Mineral County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Oakmont to Keyser, with an average speed<5> 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.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 148 miles [238.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 119 miles [191.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,967 miles [9,603 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,680 miles [10,750.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,555 miles [7,330.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oakmont. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Mineral County: www.mineralcountywv.com/
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Oakmont) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oakmont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3668, Longitude: -79.1884 In this case, the coordinates for Oakmont 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Oakmont 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> | 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 Oakmont 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 309.147 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.94 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.458 degrees. |