Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Big Oak, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Big Oak and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Big Oak
- 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 Big Oak:
- 39.486226, -75.208519
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Big Oak
- 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
- Since Big Oak is near Salem County and also Gloucester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Salem County
- eBird sighting report for Gloucester 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Big Oak ...
We found five communities that share the name Big Oak.
Within New Jersey, the name Big Oak is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Brantley County
- This Big Oak is located in Brantley County and lies 694 miles [1,116.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Big Oak that is located in Cumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brantley County community of Big Oak.
- Hall County
- This Big Oak is located in Hall County and lies 594 miles [956 km] to the west southwest of the Big Oak that is located in Cumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Big Oak.
- Maryland
- North Carolina
Curious and Interesting Names Near Big Oak ...
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.
- Alliance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Fordville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Friendship
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Friendship is located in Cumberland County
- Friesburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesburg
- Friesburg is located in Salem County
- Greenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Salem County
- Harmony
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Mickles Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mickles Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mickles Mill
- Mickles Mill is located in Salem County
- Norma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
- Norma is located in Salem County
- Orchard Center
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Center
- Orchard Center is located in Cumberland County
- Paradise Lakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Lakes
- Paradise Lakes is located in Salem County
- Pecks Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pecks Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corner
- Pecks Corner is located in Salem County
- Roadstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadstown
- Roadstown is located in Cumberland County
How Far From Big Oak to ...
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 Big Oak to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Big Oak and extending to:
- Bridgeton, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Big Oak to Trenton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 105 miles [169 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,795 miles [9,326.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,498 miles [10,457.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,376 miles [7,042.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Big Oak. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Cumberland County: www.co.cumberland.nj.us/
The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.state.nj.us/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Big Oak) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Big Oak. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4862, Longitude: -75.2085 In this case, the coordinates for Big Oak have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Big Oak 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Big Oak to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.77 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.26 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.709 degrees. |