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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 Oscar, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oscar 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 Oscar:
- 38.057851, -80.356612
- 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 Oscar
- 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 Greenbrier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenbrier County
- Since Oscar is near Pocahontas County and also Webster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pocahontas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Webster 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 Oscar
Communities Also Named Oscar ...
We found eleven communities that are also named Oscar.
Within West Virginia, the name Oscar is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Clay County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Oscar [Clay County].
- Kentucky
- Ballard County
- This Oscar is located in Ballard County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km]<2> to the west of the Oscar that is located in Greenbrier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ballard County community of Oscar.
- Louisiana
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- This Oscar is located in Pointe Coupee Parish and lies 814 miles [1,310 km]<2> to the southwest of the Oscar that is located in Greenbrier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pointe Coupee Parish community of Oscar.
- Minnesota
- Otter Tail County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Oscar [Otter Tail County].
- Missouri
- Texas County
- This Oscar is located in Texas County and lies 627 miles [1,009.1 km]<2> to the west of the Oscar that is located in Greenbrier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Texas County community of Oscar.
- Montana
- Hill County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Oscar [Hill County].
- North Carolina
- Jackson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Oscar [Jackson County].
- Oklahoma
- Jefferson County
- This Oscar is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,009 miles [1,623.8 km]<2> to the west of the Oscar that is located in Greenbrier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Oscar.
- Ontario
- This Oscar lies 930 miles [1,496.7 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Oscar that is located in Greenbrier County.
- Pennsylvania
- Armstrong County
- This Oscar is located in Armstrong County and lies 199 miles [320.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Oscar that is located in Greenbrier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Oscar.
- Texas
- Bell County
- This Oscar is located in Bell County and lies 1,073 miles [1,726.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Oscar that is located in Greenbrier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bell County community of Oscar.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oscar ...
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.
- Beard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Beard is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
- Droop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Droop is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Droop
- Droop Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Droop Mountain is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Droop Mountain
- Falling Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Falling Spring is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Friars Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Friars Hill is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friars Hill
- Golden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Golden is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
- Julia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Julia is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julia
- Leonard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leonard is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
- Locust
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Locust is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust
- Spice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spice is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spice
- Spring Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sunlight
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Trout
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Trout is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout
How Far From Oscar to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Oscar to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oscar and extending to:
- Lewisburg, which is the Seat of Greenbrier County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Oscar to Lewisburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 71 miles [114.3 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 188 miles [302.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,073 miles [9,773.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,783 miles [10,916.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,659 miles [7,497.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Oscar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Oscar) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Oscar 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. |
| <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 Oscar 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 Oscar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0579, Longitude: -80.3566 In this case, the coordinates for Oscar have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.899 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.60 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.414 degrees. |
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