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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 Rubicon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rubicon 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 Rubicon:
- 34.631389, -92.76634
- 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 Rubicon
- 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 Saline County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saline County
- Since Rubicon is near Garland County and also Hot Spring County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Garland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hot Spring 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 Rubicon
Communities Also Named Rubicon ...
We found four communities that are also named Rubicon.
Within Arkansas, the name Rubicon is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Fayette County
- This Rubicon is located in Fayette County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km]<1> to the east of the Rubicon that is located in Saline County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Rubicon.
- Idaho
- Adams County
- This Rubicon is located in Adams County and lies 1,433 miles [2,306.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Rubicon that is located in Saline County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Rubicon.
- North Carolina
- Moore 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 North Carolina community of Rubicon [Moore County].
- Wisconsin
- Dodge County
- This Rubicon is located in Dodge County and lies 644 miles [1,036.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Rubicon that is located in Saline County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dodge County community of Rubicon.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rubicon ...
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.
- Alum ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alum is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum
- Bland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bland is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
- Congo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Crows
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Crows is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows
- Electric ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Electric is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electric
- Fairplay ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fountain Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fountain Lake is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Grape
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Grape is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape
- High Point ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- High Point is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Kentucky
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
How Far From Rubicon to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Rubicon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rubicon and extending to:
- Benton, which is the Seat of Saline County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rubicon to Benton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 29 miles [46.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 917 miles [1,475.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,735 miles [10,838.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,464 miles [12,012.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,341 miles [8,595.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rubicon) 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 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 Rubicon 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 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 Rubicon 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 Rubicon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6314, Longitude: -92.7663 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.49 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.859 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.607 degrees. |
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