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 Hidden Oaks:
34.901755, -91.969865
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 Hidden Oaks
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 Lonoke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found six communities that are also named Hidden Oaks.
Within Arkansas, the name Hidden Oaks is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Hidden Oaks is located in Hillsborough County and lies 730 miles [1,174.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Hidden Oaks that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Hidden Oaks.
Georgia
Houston County
This Hidden Oaks is located in Houston County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Hidden Oaks that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Hidden Oaks.
Paulding County
This Hidden Oaks is located in Paulding County and lies 415 miles [667.9 km] to the east of the Hidden Oaks that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Hidden Oaks.
Louisiana
Ouachita Parish
This Hidden Oaks is located in Ouachita Parish and lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<1> to the south of the Hidden Oaks that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ouachita Parish community of Hidden Oaks.
Maryland
Carroll County
This Hidden Oaks is located in Carroll County and lies 879 miles [1,414.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hidden Oaks that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Hidden Oaks.
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Hidden Oaks is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,149 miles [1,849.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hidden Oaks that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Hidden Oaks.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hidden Oaks ...
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.
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 Hidden Oaks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hidden Oaks and extending to:
Lonoke, which is the Seat of Lonoke County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hidden Oaks to Lonoke, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 868 miles [1,396.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,691 miles [10,768.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,419 miles [11,939.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,295 miles [8,521.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Hidden Oaks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Hidden Oaks 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 Hidden Oaks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9018, Longitude: -91.9699 In this case, the coordinates for Hidden Oaks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.998 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.323 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.209 degrees.