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 Thousand Oaks:
37.895481, -122.279414
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 Thousand 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 Alameda County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Thousand Oaks.
There is one other community in California that is also named Thousand Oaks.
Beyond California, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In California ...
Ventura County
This Thousand Oaks is located in Ventura County and lies 321 miles [516.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Thousand Oaks that is located in Alameda County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ventura County community of Thousand Oaks.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Thousand Oaks is located in Hillsborough County and lies 2,391 miles [3,847.9 km]<1> to the east of the Thousand Oaks that is located in Alameda County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Thousand Oaks.
Missouri
Crawford County
This Thousand Oaks is located in Crawford County and lies 1,670 miles [2,687.6 km]<1> to the east of the Thousand Oaks that is located in Alameda County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Thousand Oaks.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Thousand 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 Thousand Oaks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Thousand Oaks and extending to:
Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Thousand Oaks to Sacramento, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,423 miles [3,899.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 138 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,404 miles [11,915.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,171 miles [13,149.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,226 miles [10,019.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Thousand Oaks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>
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.
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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 Thousand 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 Thousand Oaks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8955, Longitude: -122.2794 In this case, the coordinates for Thousand Oaks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.098 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.035 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.08 degrees.