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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 Rambo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rambo 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 Rambo:
- 30.996850, -85.403822
- 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 Rambo
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Rambo is near Houston County and also Holmes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Holmes 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 Rambo
Communities Also Named Rambo ...
We found three communities that are also named Rambo.
Within Florida, the name Rambo is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Oklahoma
- Pawnee County
- This Rambo is located in Pawnee County and lies 753 miles [1,211.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rambo that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pawnee County community of Rambo.
- Pennsylvania
- Montgomery 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 Pennsylvania community of Rambo [Montgomery County].
- Texas
- Cass County
- This Rambo is located in Cass County and lies 525 miles [844.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rambo that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Rambo.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rambo ...
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.
- Big Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Big Creek is located in Houston County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Cottonwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eleanor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Eleanor is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleanor
- Five Points
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Five Points is located in Houston County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Glass
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Glass is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass
- Graceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jacob City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jacob City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacob City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Jacobs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jacobs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs
- Madrid
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Madrid is located in Houston County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid
- Population from the 2020 Census: 293 people
- Terry Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Terry Crossroads is located in Houston County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry Crossroads
How Far From Rambo 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 Rambo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rambo and extending to:
- Marianna, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rambo to Marianna, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 77 miles [123.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 721 miles [1,160.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,611 miles [10,639.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,305 miles [11,756.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,187 miles [8,347.7 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rambo) 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 Rambo 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 Rambo 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 Rambo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.9968, Longitude: -85.4038 In this case, the coordinates for Rambo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.683 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.791 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.283 degrees. |
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