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 Roe:
34.631285, -91.386072
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.
We found four communities that share the name Roe.
Within Arkansas, the name Roe is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Colorado
Montrose County
This Roe is located in Montrose County and lies 955 miles [1,536.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Roe that is located in Monroe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montrose County community of Roe.
Maryland
Queen Anne's County
This Roe is located in Queen Anne's County and lies 906 miles [1,458.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Roe that is located in Monroe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queen Anne's County community of Roe.
North Carolina
Carteret County
This Roe is located in Carteret County and lies 854 miles [1,374.4 km]<1> to the east of the Roe that is located in Monroe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carteret County community of Roe.
Tennessee
Hamblen County
This Roe is located in Hamblen County and lies 467 miles [751.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Roe that is located in Monroe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of Roe.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Roe ...
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.
Deep Elm (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deep Elm have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 town such as Roe to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Roe and extending to:
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Roe to Little Rock, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 845 miles [1,359.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,682 miles [10,753.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,407 miles [11,920.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,283 miles [8,502.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
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 from Point A (ie- Roe) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Roe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6313, Longitude: -91.3861 In this case, the coordinates for Roe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<3>
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.
<4>
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 Roe to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.601 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.826 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.00 degrees.