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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 Rhea, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rhea 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 Rhea:
- 36.014248, -94.402992
- 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 Rhea
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Rhea is near Benton County and also Adair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adair 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 Rhea
Communities Also Named Rhea ...
We found five communities that are also named Rhea.
Within Arkansas, the name Rhea is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Etowah County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Rhea [Etowah County].
- Kentucky
- Calloway 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 Kentucky community of Rhea [Calloway County].
- Harlan County
- This Rhea is located in Harlan County and lies 621 miles [999.4 km]<3> to the east of the Rhea that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harlan County community of Rhea.
- Oklahoma
- Dewey County
- This Rhea is located in Dewey County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km]<3> to the west of the Rhea that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dewey County community of Rhea.
- Texas
- Parmer County
- This Rhea is located in Parmer County and lies 490 miles [788.6 km]<3> to the west of the Rhea that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Parmer County community of Rhea.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rhea ...
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.
- Chambers Spring ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Chambers Spring is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Spring
- Clyde
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Clyde is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Dutch Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dutch Mills is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Mills
- Hogeye
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hogeye is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogeye
- Lincoln
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Prairie Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Starks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Starks is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
- Trident
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Trident is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trident
- Walnut Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Rhea 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 Rhea to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rhea and extending to:
- Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rhea to Fayetteville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 149 miles [239.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 970 miles [1,561.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,726 miles [10,824.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,463 miles [12,010.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,344 miles [8,600.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rhea, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Rhea 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Rhea) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rhea 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 Rhea. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0142, Longitude: -94.4030 In this case, the coordinates for Rhea have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.688 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.434 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.124 degrees. |
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