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 Twelve Oaks:
35.141533, -80.950630
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.
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 Mecklenburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that share the name Twelve Oaks.
Within North Carolina, the name Twelve Oaks is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Paulding County
This Twelve Oaks is located in Paulding County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Twelve Oaks that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Twelve Oaks.
Mississippi
Madison County
This Twelve Oaks is located in Madison County and lies 558 miles [898 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Twelve Oaks that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Twelve Oaks.
Tennessee
Blount County
This Twelve Oaks is located in Blount County and lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Twelve Oaks that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Twelve Oaks.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Twelve 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.
Berryhill (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berryhill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 community such as Twelve Oaks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Twelve Oaks and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Twelve Oaks to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 337 miles [542.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,228 miles [10,023 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,927 miles [11,147.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,807 miles [7,736.1 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Twelve Oaks) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Twelve Oaks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1415, Longitude: -80.9506 In this case, the coordinates for Twelve Oaks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Twelve Oaks to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.284 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.612 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.571 degrees.