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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 Green Oaks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Green 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 Green Oaks:
    • 33.455678, -88.841721
    • 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 Green 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 Oktibbeha County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oktibbeha County
    • Since Green Oaks is near Clay County and also Lowndes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lowndes 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 Green Oaks

Communities Also Named Green Oaks ...

We found six communities that are also named Green Oaks.

Within Mississippi, the name Green Oaks is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Pike County
      • This Green Oaks is located in Pike County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Green Oaks that is located in Oktibbeha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Green Oaks.
    • Illinois
      • Lake County
      • This Green Oaks is located in Lake County and lies 612 miles [984.9 km]<1> to the north of the Green Oaks that is located in Oktibbeha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Green Oaks.
    • Missouri
      • Stoddard County
      • This Green Oaks is located in Stoddard County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Green Oaks that is located in Oktibbeha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stoddard County community of Green Oaks.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Green Oaks lies 1,573 miles [2,531.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Green Oaks that is located in Oktibbeha County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Venango County
      • This Green Oaks is located in Venango County and lies 747 miles [1,202.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Green Oaks that is located in Oktibbeha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Venango County community of Green Oaks.
    • Virginia
      • Newport News City
      • 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 Green Oaks [Newport News City].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Green 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.

  • Cedar Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Cedar Point is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
  • Cherokee Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Cherokee Heights is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Heights
  • Hillbrook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Hillbrook is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillbrook
  • Hillcrest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hillcrest is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Rolling Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Rolling Hills is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
  • Rosedale
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Rosedale is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
  • Starkville
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Stonegate
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Stonegate is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
  • Sunset
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunset is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
  • Tanglewood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Tanglewood is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
  • Timbercove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Timbercove is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercove
  • University Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • University Heights is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
  • Whispering Pines
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Whispering Pines is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines

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

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

  • Starkville, which is the Seat of Oktibbeha County, lies just to the East.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Green Oaks to Jackson, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 756 miles [1,216.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,638 miles [10,682.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,353 miles [11,833.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,228 miles [8,413.7 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 from Point A (ie- Green 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 Green 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 Green 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 Green Oaks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4557, Longitude: -88.8417       In this case, the coordinates for Green Oaks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.912 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.709 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.139 degrees.