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 Oak Harbor:
30.360241, -81.424808
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 Oak Harbor
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 Duval County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found five communities that are also named Oak Harbor.
Within Florida, the name Oak Harbor is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Hall County
This Oak Harbor is located in Hall County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Oak Harbor that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Oak Harbor.
Louisiana
Saint Tammany Parish
This Oak Harbor is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 498 miles [801.5 km]<1> to the west of the Oak Harbor that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of Oak Harbor.
Ohio
Ottawa County
This Oak Harbor is located in Ottawa County and lies 775 miles [1,247.2 km]<1> to the north of the Oak Harbor that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Oak Harbor.
Texas
Harris County
This Oak Harbor is located in Harris County and lies 848 miles [1,364.7 km]<1> to the west of the Oak Harbor that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Oak Harbor.
Washington
Island County
This Oak Harbor is located in Island County and lies 2,484 miles [3,997.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Oak Harbor that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Island County community of Oak Harbor.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oak Harbor ...
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, 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 Oak Harbor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oak Harbor and extending to:
Jacksonville, which is the Seat of Duval County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Oak Harbor to Jacksonville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 170 miles [273.6 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 639 miles [1,028.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,463 miles [10,401.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,141 miles [11,492.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,033 miles [8,099.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Oak Harbor) 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 Oak Harbor 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 Oak Harbor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.3602, Longitude: -81.4248 In this case, the coordinates for Oak Harbor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.428 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.097 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.018 degrees.