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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 Great Oaks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Great Oaks 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 Great Oaks:
- 41.594200, -90.421520
- 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 Great 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 Scott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Since Great Oaks is near Rock Island County and also Henry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rock Island County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry 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 Great Oaks
Communities Also Named Great Oaks ...
We found three communities that are also named Great Oaks.
Within Iowa, the name Great Oaks is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Elmore County
- This Great Oaks is located in Elmore County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Great Oaks that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elmore County community of Great Oaks.
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Great Oaks is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,060 miles [1,705.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Great Oaks that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Great Oaks.
- Virginia
- Amherst County
- This Great Oaks is located in Amherst County and lies 665 miles [1,070.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Great Oaks that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Amherst County community of Great Oaks.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Great 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.
- Carbon Cliff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cedar Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Brook is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Brook
- Coal Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fruitland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fruitland is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Green Acres
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Green Acres is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Green River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Green River is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River
- Green Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Green Rock is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Rock
- Long Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Joy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Joy is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
- Panorama Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Panorama Park is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Poplar Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Poplar Grove is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Rapids City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rock Island
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Timber Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Timber Ridge is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
How Far From Great Oaks 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 Great Oaks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Great Oaks and extending to:
- Davenport, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Great Oaks to Des Moines, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 728 miles [1,171.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,297 miles [10,134 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,040 miles [11,329.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,928 miles [7,930.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Great Oaks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 Great 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 Great Oaks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5942, Longitude: -90.4215 In this case, the coordinates for Great Oaks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.301 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.422 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.034 degrees. |
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