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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 Merry Oaks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Merry 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 Merry Oaks:
- 35.641819, -79.007514
- 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 Merry 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 Chatham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chatham County
- Since Merry Oaks is near Wake County and also Lee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wake County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee 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 Merry Oaks
Communities Also Named Merry Oaks ...
We found five communities that are also named Merry Oaks.
Within North Carolina, the name Merry Oaks is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Rock Island County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Merry Oaks [Rock Island County].
- Kentucky
- Barren County
- This Merry Oaks is located in Barren County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Merry Oaks that is located in Chatham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barren County community of Merry Oaks.
- Tennessee
- Davidson County
- This Merry Oaks is located in Davidson County and lies 430 miles [692 km]<2> to the west of the Merry Oaks that is located in Chatham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Merry Oaks.
- Virginia
- Fairfax County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Merry Oaks [Fairfax County].
- Newport News City
- This Merry Oaks is located in Newport News City and lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Merry Oaks that is located in Chatham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newport News City community of Merry Oaks.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Merry 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.
- Apex
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brickhaven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brickhaven is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickhaven
- Brickwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Brickwood is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickwood
- Colon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Colon is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
- Farmville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Green Level
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Green Level is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Level
- Griffins Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Griffins Crossroads is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffins Crossroads
- Holly Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Indian Trail
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Trail is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Trail
- Justice Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Justice Heights is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice Heights
- Seaforth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Seaforth is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaforth
How Far From Merry 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 Merry Oaks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Merry Oaks and extending to:
- Pittsboro, which is the Seat of Chatham County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Merry Oaks to Pittsboro, 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.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 22 miles [35.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 249 miles [400.7 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,122 miles [9,852.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,818 miles [10,972.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,699 miles [7,562.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Merry 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. |
| <2> | 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- Merry Oaks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Merry 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 Merry Oaks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6418, Longitude: -79.0075 In this case, the coordinates for Merry Oaks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.164 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.402 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.661 degrees. |
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