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website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
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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 Reed:
34.092888, -93.851854
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.
There are two communities within Arkansas that are also named Reed.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In Arkansas ...
Desha County
This Reed is located in Desha County and lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the east of the Reed that is located in Howard County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Desha County community of Reed.
Sharp 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 Arkansas community of Reed [Sharp County].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Marin County
This Reed is located in Marin County and lies 1,615 miles [2,599.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Reed that is located in Howard County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marin County community of Reed.
Yuba 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 California community of Reed [Yuba County].
Georgia
Hall County
This Reed is located in Hall County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km]<1> to the east of the Reed that is located in Howard County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Reed.
Harris 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 Georgia community of Reed [Harris County].
Illinois
Henderson 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 Illinois community of Reed [Henderson County].
Indiana
Delaware 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 Indiana community of Reed [Delaware County].
Lawrence County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Reed [Lawrence County].
Kentucky
Henderson County
This Reed is located in Henderson County and lies 446 miles [717.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Reed that is located in Howard County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Reed.
Maine
Aroostook County
This Reed is located in Aroostook County and lies 1,570 miles [2,526.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Reed that is located in Howard County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Reed.
Mississippi
Perry 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 Mississippi community of Reed [Perry County].
Ohio
Perry 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 Ohio community of Reed [Perry County].
Oklahoma
Greer County
This Reed is located in Greer County and lies 337 miles [542.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Reed that is located in Howard County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greer County community of Reed.
Oregon
Lane County
This Reed is located in Lane County and lies 1,738 miles [2,797 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Reed that is located in Howard County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lane County community of Reed.
Pennsylvania
Dauphin 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 Pennsylvania community of Reed [Dauphin County].
Huntingdon County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Reed [Huntingdon County].
Indiana County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Reed [Indiana County].
Mercer County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Reed [Mercer County].
Northumberland County
This Reed is located in Northumberland County and lies 1,052 miles [1,693 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Reed that is located in Howard County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northumberland County community of Reed.
South Carolina
Richland 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 Reed [Richland County].
South Dakota
Reed #1
This community is historic<3> and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Reed.
Texas
Cooke 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 Texas community of Reed [Cooke County].
Utah
Davis County
This Reed is located in Davis County and lies 1,089 miles [1,752.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Reed that is located in Howard County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Reed.
West Virginia
Kanawha 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 West Virginia community of Reed [Kanawha County].
Wisconsin
Chippewa 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 Wisconsin community of Reed [Chippewa County].
Crawford County
This Reed is located in Crawford County and lies 658 miles [1,058.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Reed that is located in Howard County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Reed.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Reed ...
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.
Bethany (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bethany have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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 Reed to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Reed and extending to:
Nashville, which is the Seat of Howard County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Reed to Nashville, with an average speed<5> 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 100 miles [160.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 988 miles [1,590 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,804 miles [10,950 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,535 miles [12,126.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,412 miles [8,709.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Reed) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Reed. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0929, Longitude: -93.8519 In this case, the coordinates for Reed have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Reed, 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 Reed 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>
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.
<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 Reed 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 318.145 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.553 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.174 degrees.