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 Oakwood Estates:
35.782096, -78.485001
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 Oakwood Estates
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 Wake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found eight communities that are also named Oakwood Estates.
Within North Carolina, the name Oakwood Estates is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Mobile County
This Oakwood Estates is located in Mobile County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Oakwood Estates that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Oakwood Estates.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Oakwood Estates is located in Hillsborough County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Oakwood Estates that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Oakwood Estates.
Illinois
Will County
This Oakwood Estates is located in Will County and lies 654 miles [1,052.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Oakwood Estates that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Oakwood Estates.
Mississippi
Oktibbeha County
This Oakwood Estates is located in Oktibbeha County and lies 613 miles [986.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Oakwood Estates that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oktibbeha County community of Oakwood Estates.
South Carolina
Anderson County
This Oakwood Estates is located in Anderson County and lies 250 miles [402.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Oakwood Estates that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Oakwood Estates.
Tennessee
Williamson County
This Oakwood Estates is located in Williamson County and lies 468 miles [753.2 km]<1> to the west of the Oakwood Estates that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Oakwood Estates.
West Virginia
Putnam County
This Oakwood Estates is located in Putnam County and lies 264 miles [424.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Oakwood Estates that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Oakwood Estates.
Wood County
This Oakwood Estates is located in Wood County and lies 291 miles [468.3 km] to the north northwest of the Oakwood Estates that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Oakwood Estates.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oakwood Estates ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Oakwood Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oakwood Estates and extending to:
The White House (Washington, DC) is 229 miles [368.5 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Oakwood Estates to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,093 miles [9,805.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,788 miles [10,924.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,669 miles [7,514 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Oakwood Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>
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.
<4>
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 Oakwood Estates 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 Oakwood Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7821, Longitude: -78.4850 In this case, the coordinates for Oakwood Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.864 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.079 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.413 degrees.