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 Four Oaks:
35.446901, -78.427996
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 Four 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 Johnston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that are also named Four Oaks.
Within North Carolina, the name Four Oaks is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
DeKalb County
This Four Oaks is located in DeKalb County and lies 347 miles [558.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Four Oaks that is located in Johnston County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Four Oaks.
Kentucky
Pendleton County
This Four Oaks is located in Pendleton County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Four Oaks that is located in Johnston County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pendleton County community of Four Oaks.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Four 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.
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 town such as Four Oaks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Four Oaks and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Four Oaks to Raleigh, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 250 miles [402.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,105 miles [9,825 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,798 miles [10,940.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,680 miles [7,531.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Four 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 Four 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 Four Oaks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4469, Longitude: -78.4280
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.839 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.001 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.502 degrees.