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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 Oak Knolls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oak Knolls and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Oak Knolls:
    • 32.488761, -83.787963
    • 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 Knolls
  • 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 Houston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Houston County
    • Since Oak Knolls is near Peach County and also Macon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Peach County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Macon 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 Oak Knolls

Communities Also Named Oak Knolls ...

We found two communities that are also named Oak Knolls.

Within Georgia, the name Oak Knolls is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Santa Barbara County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Oak Knolls [Santa Barbara County].
    • Maryland
      • Charles County
      • This Oak Knolls is located in Charles County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Oak Knolls that is located in Houston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Oak Knolls.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oak Knolls ...

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.

  • Beaver Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Beaver Creek is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
  • Heard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Heard is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heard
  • Houston Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Houston Lake is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake
  • Houston Lake Woods
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Houston Lake Woods is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake Woods
  • Indian Oaks
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Oaks is located in Peach County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Oaks
  • Lakeview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Lakeview is located in Peach County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Meadowdale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Meadowdale is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
  • Neal
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Neal is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
  • Oak Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Oak Grove is located in Peach County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Ohio
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Ohio is located in Peach County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio
  • Peach Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Peach Valley is located in Peach County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Valley
  • Powersville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Powersville is located in Peach County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersville
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Shady Grove
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Shady Grove is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Sleepy Hollow
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Sleepy Hollow is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
    • Valley Pines
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Valley Pines is located in Peach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Pines
    • Willow Lake
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Willow Lake is located in Macon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Lake

How Far From Oak Knolls to ...

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 Oak Knolls to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oak Knolls and extending to:

  • Perry, which is the Seat of Houston County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Oak Knolls to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 582 miles [936.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,471 miles [10,414.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,167 miles [11,534.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,048 miles [8,124 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Oak Knolls 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.
<2>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oak Knolls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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.
<4>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 Knolls 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 Knolls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4888, Longitude: -83.7880       In this case, the coordinates for Oak Knolls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.848 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.033 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.357 degrees.