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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 Sub Rosa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sub Rosa 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 Sub Rosa:
- 35.391755, -93.946590
- 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 Sub Rosa
- 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since Sub Rosa is near Logan County and also Sebastian County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Logan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sebastian 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 Sub Rosa
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sub Rosa ...
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.
- Beverly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Beverly is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Carbon City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon City
- Cecil
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cecil is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Donald ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Donald is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
- Greenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Greenwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Island
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Island is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island
- Lone Elm
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lone Elm is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Meg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Meg is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meg
- Mulberry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant View is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Ratcliff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Roseville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Roseville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
How Far From Sub Rosa 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 Sub Rosa to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Sub Rosa once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Sub Rosa and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 105 miles [169 km]<3> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Sub Rosa to Little Rock, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 960 miles [1,545 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,741 miles [10,848.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,475 miles [12,029.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,355 miles [8,618 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Sub Rosa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sub Rosa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Sub Rosa 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 Sub Rosa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3918, Longitude: -93.9466 In this case, the coordinates for Sub Rosa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.33 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.937 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.014 degrees. |
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