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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 Shady Oaks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shady 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 Shady Oaks:
- 31.306016, -92.346801
- 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 Shady 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 Rapides Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rapides Parish
- Since Shady Oaks is near Avoyelles Parish and also Grant Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Avoyelles Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant 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 Shady Oaks
Communities Also Named Shady Oaks ...
We found seven communities that are also named Shady Oaks.
Within Louisiana, the name Shady Oaks is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Shady Oaks is located in Hillsborough County and lies 650 miles [1,046.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Shady Oaks that is located in Rapides Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Shady Oaks.
- Georgia
- Troup County
- This Shady Oaks is located in Troup County and lies 437 miles [703.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Shady Oaks that is located in Rapides Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Troup County community of Shady Oaks.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Shady Oaks is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 1,030 miles [1,657.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Shady Oaks that is located in Rapides Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Shady Oaks.
- Baltimore County
- This Shady Oaks is located in Baltimore County and lies 1,053 miles [1,694.6 km] to the northeast of the Shady Oaks that is located in Rapides Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Shady Oaks.
- Texas
- Harris County
- This Shady Oaks is located in Harris County and lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Shady Oaks that is located in Rapides Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Shady Oaks.
- Henderson County
- This Shady Oaks is located in Henderson County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km] to the west northwest of the Shady Oaks that is located in Rapides Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Shady Oaks.
- Tarrant 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 Shady Oaks [Tarrant County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shady 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.
- Ball
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Green Gables
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Green Gables is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Gables
- Kent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kent is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Kingsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsville is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
- Lee Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lee Heights is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Heights
- Paradise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Samtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Samtown is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samtown
- Stonewalls ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Stonewalls is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewalls
- Willow Glen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Glen is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
How Far From Shady Oaks 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 Shady Oaks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Shady Oaks and extending to:
- Alexandria, which is the Seat of Rapides Parish, lies just to the West.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Shady Oaks to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<4>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 1,009 miles [1,623.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,887 miles [11,083.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,604 miles [12,237.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,480 miles [8,819.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Shady Oaks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Shady Oaks 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Shady 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 Shady Oaks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3060, Longitude: -92.3468 In this case, the coordinates for Shady Oaks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.878 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.708 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.931 degrees. |
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