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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 North Oaks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North 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 North Oaks:
    • 45.089822, -93.088661
    • 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 North 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 Ramsey County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ramsey County
    • Since North Oaks is near Anoka County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anoka County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 North Oaks

Communities Also Named North Oaks ...

We found seven communities that are also named North Oaks.

Within Minnesota, the name North Oaks is unique.

Beyond Minnesota, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Pulaski County
      • This North Oaks is located in Pulaski County and lies 712 miles [1,145.9 km]<1> to the south of the North Oaks that is located in Ramsey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of North Oaks.
    • California
      • Los Angeles 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 California community of North Oaks [Los Angeles County].
    • Georgia
      • Muscogee County
      • This North Oaks is located in Muscogee County and lies 970 miles [1,561.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the North Oaks that is located in Ramsey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of North Oaks.
    • Indiana
      • Wells County
      • This North Oaks is located in Wells County and lies 498 miles [801.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the North Oaks that is located in Ramsey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wells County community of North Oaks.
    • Nebraska
      • Douglas 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 Nebraska community of North Oaks [Douglas County].
    • Texas
      • Travis 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 North Oaks [Travis County].
    • Utah
      • Weber County
      • This North Oaks is located in Weber County and lies 981 miles [1,578.8 km]<1> to the west of the North Oaks that is located in Ramsey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of North Oaks.

Curious and Interesting Names Near North 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.

How Far From North 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 city such as North Oaks to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Saint Paul, which is the Seat of Ramsey County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from North Oaks to Saint Paul, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 9 miles [14.5 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 925 miles [1,488.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,211 miles [9,995.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,966 miles [11,210.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,874 miles [7,843.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- North 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 North 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 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.
<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 North 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 North Oaks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0898, Longitude: -93.0887    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.171 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.032 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.514 degrees.