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 Indian Oaks:
34.712043, -82.977649
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 found six communities that share the name Indian Oaks.
Within South Carolina, the name Indian Oaks is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Riverside County
This Indian Oaks is located in Riverside County and lies 1,937 miles [3,117.3 km]<1> to the west of the Indian Oaks that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riverside County community of Indian Oaks.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Indian Oaks is located in Hillsborough County and lies 460 miles [740.3 km]<1> to the south of the Indian Oaks that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Indian Oaks.
Georgia
Peach County
This Indian Oaks is located in Peach County and lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Indian Oaks that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Peach County community of Indian Oaks.
Illinois
Kankakee County
This Indian Oaks is located in Kankakee County and lies 519 miles [835.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Indian Oaks that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kankakee County community of Indian Oaks.
Will County
This Indian Oaks is located in Will County and lies 556 miles [894.8 km] to the north northwest of the Indian Oaks that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Indian Oaks.
Utah
Davis County
This Indian Oaks is located in Davis County and lies 1,629 miles [2,621.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Indian Oaks that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Indian Oaks.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Indian 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.
Bounty Land (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bounty Land have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Indian Oaks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Indian Oaks and extending to:
Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Indian Oaks to Columbia, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 437 miles [703.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,335 miles [10,195.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,037 miles [11,325 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,915 miles [7,909.9 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Indian Oaks) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Indian Oaks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7120, Longitude: -82.9776 In this case, the coordinates for Indian 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 Indian 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 311.457 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.897 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.488 degrees.