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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 Five Oaks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Five Oaks 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 Five Oaks:
    • 32.445432, -93.860181
    • 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 Five 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 parish-by-parish basis. We have selected Caddo Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caddo Parish
    • Since Five Oaks is near Bossier Parish and also De Soto Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bossier Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for De Soto Parish
  • 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 Five Oaks

Communities Also Named Five Oaks ...

We found four communities that are also named Five Oaks.

Within Louisiana, the name Five Oaks is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Durham County
      • This Five Oaks is located in Durham County and lies 882 miles [1,419.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Five Oaks that is located in Caddo Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Durham County community of Five Oaks.
    • South Carolina
      • Spartanburg County
      • This Five Oaks is located in Spartanburg County and lies 696 miles [1,120.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Five Oaks that is located in Caddo Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Five Oaks.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Five Oaks is located in Harris County and lies 188 miles [302.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Five Oaks that is located in Caddo Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Five Oaks.
    • Virginia
      • Tazewell County
      • This Five Oaks is located in Tazewell County and lies 772 miles [1,242.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Five Oaks that is located in Caddo Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Five Oaks.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Five 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.

  • Cannon
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Cannon is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
  • Cut-off Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Cut-off Junction is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cut-off Junction
  • Cynthia Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cynthia Park is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthia Park
  • Forest Oak
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Forest Oak is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oak
  • Hickory Place
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hickory Place is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Place
  • Holly Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Holly Hill is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
  • King Forest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • King Forest is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Forest
  • Longwood Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Longwood Village is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood Village
  • Quail Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Quail Ridge is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
  • Silver Pine Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Silver Pine Village is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Pine Village
  • Steeple Chase
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Steeple Chase is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeple Chase
  • Summer Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Summer Grove is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Grove
  • Twilight Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Twilight Meadows is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight Meadows
  • Willow Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Willow Ridge is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Ridge

How Far From Five Oaks to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Five Oaks to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Shreveport, which is the Seat of Caddo Parish, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 210 miles [338 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Five Oaks to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,041 miles [1,675.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 60 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,889 miles [11,086.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,615 miles [12,255.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,490 miles [8,835.3 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Five 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 Five 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 Five Oaks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4454, Longitude: -93.8602       In this case, the coordinates for Five Oaks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.973 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.137 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.412 degrees.