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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 Rally Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rally Hill 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 Rally Hill:
- 36.159416, -92.952779
- 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 Rally Hill
- 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 Boone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boone County
- Since Rally Hill is near Newton County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Rally Hill
Communities Also Named Rally Hill ...
We found one communities that are also named Rally Hill.
Within Arkansas, the name Rally Hill is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, there is another community also named Rally Hill in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Tennessee
- Maury County
- This Rally Hill is located in Maury County and lies 343 miles [552 km]<1> to the east of the Rally Hill that is located in Boone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maury County community of Rally Hill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rally Hill ...
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.
- Dogpatch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dogpatch is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogpatch
- Grubb Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Grubb Springs is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubb Springs
- Hasty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hasty is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
- Mount Pleasant ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Oregon ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Oregon is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
- Pleasant Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Snow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Snow is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow
- Sulphur Spring ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Spring is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Spring
- Valley Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Zinc
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Zinc is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zinc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
How Far From Rally Hill 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 Rally Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rally Hill and extending to:
- Harrison, which is the Seat of Boone County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rally Hill to Harrison, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 105 miles [169 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 890 miles [1,432.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,664 miles [10,724.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,399 miles [11,907.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,278 miles [8,494.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rally Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Rally Hill 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 Rally Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1594, Longitude: -92.9528 In this case, the coordinates for Rally Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.739 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.35 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.43 degrees. |
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