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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 Rehoboth, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rehoboth 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 Rehoboth:
- 32.197223, -87.382243
- 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 Rehoboth
- 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 Wilcox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilcox County
- Since Rehoboth is near Dallas County and also Marengo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marengo 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 Rehoboth
Communities Also Named Rehoboth ...
We found eleven communities that are also named Rehoboth.
Within Alabama, the name Rehoboth is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- DeKalb County
- This Rehoboth is located in DeKalb County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rehoboth that is located in Wilcox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Rehoboth.
- Morgan County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Rehoboth [Morgan County].
- Indiana
- Harrison County
- This Rehoboth is located in Harrison County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<1> to the north of the Rehoboth that is located in Wilcox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Rehoboth.
- Massachusetts
- Bristol County
- This Rehoboth is located in Bristol County and lies 1,107 miles [1,781.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rehoboth that is located in Wilcox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol County community of Rehoboth.
- New Mexico
- McKinley County
- This Rehoboth is located in McKinley County and lies 1,238 miles [1,992.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rehoboth that is located in Wilcox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKinley County community of Rehoboth.
- North Carolina
- Northampton County
- This Rehoboth is located in Northampton County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rehoboth that is located in Wilcox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Rehoboth.
- Ohio
- Perry County
- This Rehoboth is located in Perry County and lies 596 miles [959.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Rehoboth that is located in Wilcox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Rehoboth.
- Seneca County
- This Rehoboth is located in Seneca County and lies 660 miles [1,062.2 km] to the north northeast of the Rehoboth that is located in Wilcox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seneca County community of Rehoboth.
- South Carolina
- Edgefield County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Rehoboth [Edgefield County].
- Tennessee
- Dyer County
- This Rehoboth is located in Dyer County and lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Rehoboth that is located in Wilcox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dyer County community of Rehoboth.
- Virginia
- Lunenburg County
- This Rehoboth is located in Lunenburg County and lies 607 miles [976.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rehoboth that is located in Wilcox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lunenburg County community of Rehoboth.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rehoboth ...
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.
- Alberta
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alberta is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
- Boiling Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boiling Springs is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
- Catherine
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Crumptonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Donald
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Donald is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
- Five Points
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Flatwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Martin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Martin is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Prairie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie
- Prairie Bluff ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
How Far From Rehoboth to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Rehoboth to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rehoboth and extending to:
- Camden, which is the Seat of Wilcox County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rehoboth to Camden, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 64 miles [103 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 742 miles [1,194.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,639 miles [10,684.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,344 miles [11,819 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,221 miles [8,402.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rehoboth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Rehoboth, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Rehoboth 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. |
| <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 Rehoboth 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 Rehoboth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1972, Longitude: -87.3822 In this case, the coordinates for Rehoboth have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.932 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.401 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.795 degrees. |
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