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 Red Oak:
30.465746, -91.067604
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.
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 East Baton Rouge Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found 23 communities that share the name Red Oak.
Within Louisiana, the name Red Oak is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Covington County
This Red Oak is located in Covington County and lies 277 miles [445.8 km]<1> to the east of the Red Oak that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Covington County community of Red Oak.
Monroe County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Red Oak [Monroe County].
Arkansas
Garland County
This Red Oak is located in Garland County and lies 295 miles [474.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Red Oak that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garland County community of Red Oak.
Georgia
Fulton County
This Red Oak is located in Fulton County and lies 441 miles [709.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Red Oak that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Red Oak.
Heard County
This Red Oak is located in Heard County and lies 394 miles [634.1 km] to the east northeast of the Red Oak that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Heard County community of Red Oak.
Henry County
This Red Oak is located in Henry County and lies 450 miles [724.2 km] to the east northeast of the Red Oak that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Red Oak.
Illinois
Stephenson County
This Red Oak is located in Stephenson County and lies 827 miles [1,330.9 km]<1> to the north of the Red Oak that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stephenson County community of Red Oak.
Iowa
Montgomery County
This Red Oak is located in Montgomery County and lies 764 miles [1,229.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Red Oak that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Red Oak.
Kentucky
Grayson County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Red Oak [Grayson County].
Logan County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Red Oak [Logan County].
Maryland
Worcester County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Red Oak [Worcester County].
Michigan
Oscoda County
This Red Oak is located in Oscoda County and lies 1,050 miles [1,689.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Red Oak that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oscoda County community of Red Oak.
Saint Joseph County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Red Oak [Saint Joseph County].
Missouri
Lawrence County
This Red Oak is located in Lawrence County and lies 496 miles [798.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Red Oak that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Red Oak.
North Carolina
Nash County
This Red Oak is located in Nash County and lies 850 miles [1,367.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Red Oak that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nash County community of Red Oak.
Pitt County
This Red Oak is located in Pitt County and lies 864 miles [1,390.5 km] to the east northeast of the Red Oak that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Red Oak.
Oklahoma
Latimer County
This Red Oak is located in Latimer County and lies 387 miles [622.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Red Oak that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Latimer County community of Red Oak.
Pennsylvania
Lackawanna County
This Red Oak is located in Lackawanna County and lies 1,151 miles [1,852.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Red Oak that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lackawanna County community of Red Oak.
South Carolina
Beaufort County
This Red Oak is located in Beaufort County and lies 627 miles [1,009.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Red Oak that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Red Oak.
Tennessee
Lincoln County
This Red Oak is located in Lincoln County and lies 412 miles [663 km]<1> to the northeast of the Red Oak that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Red Oak.
Texas
Ellis County
This Red Oak is located in Ellis County and lies 366 miles [589 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Red Oak that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ellis County community of Red Oak.
Kaufman County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Red Oak [Kaufman County].
Virginia
Charlotte County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Red Oak [Charlotte County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Red Oak ...
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.
Airline Acres (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Airline Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Woodland Ridge Park is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
How Far From Red Oak 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 Red Oak to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Red Oak and extending to:
Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the west (W).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 984 miles [1,583.6 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Red Oak to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 56 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 39 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,877 miles [11,067.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,587 miles [12,210.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,463 miles [8,791.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
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- Red Oak) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Red Oak. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4657, Longitude: -91.0676 In this case, the coordinates for Red Oak have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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 Red Oak 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 parish. 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.
<3>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>
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.
<5>
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 Red Oak to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.987 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.556 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.533 degrees.