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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 Village Oaks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Village 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 Village Oaks:
- 36.376526, -79.675586
- 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 Village 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 Rockingham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham County
- Since Village Oaks is near Caswell County and also Guilford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caswell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Guilford 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 Village Oaks
Curious and Interesting Names Near Village 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.
- Bearslide
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bearslide is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearslide
- Cedar Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cedar Ridge is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
- College Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- College Village is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Village
- Dan River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dan River is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dan River
- Eden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eden is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,867 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden <1>
- Forestdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Forestdale is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
- Green Acres
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Green Acres is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Green Knolls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Green Knolls is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Knolls
- Happy Home
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Happy Home is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Home
- Holly Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Hills is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
- Homestead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Homestead is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Indian Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Hills is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Meadow Summit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Meadow Summit is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Summit
- Piney Fork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Piney Fork is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork
- Pleasantville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pleasantville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Riverbend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Riverbend is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
- Sandy Cross
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Cross is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Cross
- Woodland Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Woodland Park is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
How Far From Village 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 Village Oaks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Village Oaks and extending to:
- Wentworth, which is the Seat of Rockingham County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Village Oaks to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take three full days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 226 miles [363.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,119 miles [9,847.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,820 miles [10,975.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,698 miles [7,560.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Village Oaks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Village 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 Village Oaks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3765, Longitude: -79.6756 In this case, the coordinates for Village Oaks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.536 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.936 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.687 degrees. |
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