Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Shady Oaks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shady Oaks and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Shady Oaks
- 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 Shady Oaks:
- 29.616400, -95.002300
- 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 Shady 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 Harris County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Harris County
- Since Shady Oaks is near Chambers County and also Galveston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Chambers County
- eBird sighting report for Galveston 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 Shady Oaks ...
We found seven communities that share the name Shady Oaks.
There are two communities within Texas that are also named Shady Oaks.
Beyond Texas, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Henderson County
- This Shady Oaks is located in Henderson County and lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Shady Oaks that is located in Harris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Shady Oaks.
- Tarrant County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Shady Oaks [Tarrant County].
- Henderson County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Shady Oaks is located in Hillsborough County and lies 780 miles [1,255.3 km]<1> to the east of the Shady Oaks that is located in Harris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Shady Oaks.
- Georgia
- Troup County
- This Shady Oaks is located in Troup County and lies 627 miles [1,009.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Shady Oaks that is located in Harris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Troup County community of Shady Oaks.
- Louisiana
- Rapides Parish
- This Shady Oaks is located in Rapides Parish and lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Shady Oaks that is located in Harris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of Shady Oaks.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Shady Oaks is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 1,227 miles [1,974.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Shady Oaks that is located in Harris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Shady Oaks.
- Baltimore County
- This Shady Oaks is located in Baltimore County and lies 1,250 miles [2,011.7 km] to the northeast of the Shady Oaks that is located in Harris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Shady Oaks.
- Florida
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shady 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.
- Chase Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chase Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Park
- Chase Park is located in Galveston County
- Clear Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clear Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Clear Lake is located in Harris County
- Crescent
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Deer Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Deer Park is located in Harris County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32,913 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deer Park <4>
- Glen Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Lazy Bend
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Link Five
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Meadow Bend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bend
- Meadow Bend is located in Galveston County
- Mystic Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mystic Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic Village
- Mystic Village is located in Harris County
- Surf Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - University Green
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Green have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Green
- University Green is located in Harris County
- University Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park
- University Park is located in Harris County
How Far From Shady 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 Shady Oaks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Shady Oaks and extending to:
- Houston, which is the Seat of Harris County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Shady Oaks to Houston, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 170 miles [273.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,205 miles [1,939.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 69 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,080 miles [11,394.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,799 miles [12,551.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,674 miles [9,131.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Shady Oaks. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Harris County: www.co.harris.tx.us/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shady Oaks) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shady Oaks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.6164, Longitude: -95.0023 In this case, the coordinates for Shady Oaks 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 Shady Oaks 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Shady Oaks to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.333 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.192 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.22 degrees. |