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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 Rondo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rondo 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 Rondo:
- 33.444595, -93.974333
- 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 Rondo
- 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 Miller County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miller County
- Since Rondo is near Bowie County and also Little River County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bowie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Little River 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 Rondo
Communities Also Named Rondo ...
We found five communities that are also named Rondo.
There is one other community in Arkansas that is also named Rondo.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Arkansas ...
- Lee County
- This Rondo is located in Lee County and lies 198 miles [318.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rondo that is located in Miller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Rondo.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Cheboygan County
- This Rondo is located in Cheboygan County and lies 958 miles [1,541.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Rondo that is located in Miller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheboygan County community of Rondo.
- Menominee 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 Michigan community of Rondo [Menominee County].
- Missouri
- Polk County
- This Rondo is located in Polk County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km]<1> to the north of the Rondo that is located in Miller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Rondo.
- Virginia
- Pittsylvania County
- This Rondo is located in Pittsylvania County and lies 847 miles [1,363.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rondo that is located in Miller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsylvania County community of Rondo.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rondo ...
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.
- Clipper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clipper is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clipper
- Gertrude
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gertrude is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gertrude
- Hoot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hoot is located in Bowie County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoot
- Index
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Index is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Index
- Mount Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Pleasant Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Red Lick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Red Lick is located in Bowie County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
- Sulphur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Temple
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Temple is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
- Wake Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
How Far From Rondo 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 Rondo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rondo and extending to:
- Texarkana, which is the Seat of Miller County, lies just to the West.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Rondo to Little Rock, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,014 miles [1,631.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,842 miles [11,011.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,571 miles [12,184.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,448 miles [8,767.7 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- Rondo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Rondo 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Rondo 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 Rondo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4446, Longitude: -93.9743 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.158 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.483 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.323 degrees. |
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