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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 Rehoboth, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rehoboth and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Rehoboth:
    • 38.082571, -86.023022
    • 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 Rehoboth
  • 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 Harrison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
    • Since Rehoboth is near Jefferson County and also Meade County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Meade 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 Rehoboth

Communities Also Named Rehoboth ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Rehoboth.

Within Indiana, the name Rehoboth is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Wilcox County
      • This Rehoboth is located in Wilcox County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Rehoboth that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilcox County community of Rehoboth.
    • Georgia
      • DeKalb County
      • This Rehoboth is located in DeKalb County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Rehoboth that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Rehoboth.
      • Morgan County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Rehoboth [Morgan County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Bristol County
      • This Rehoboth is located in Bristol County and lies 822 miles [1,322.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rehoboth that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol County community of Rehoboth.
    • New Mexico
      • McKinley County
      • This Rehoboth is located in McKinley County and lies 1,260 miles [2,027.8 km]<1> to the west of the Rehoboth that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKinley County community of Rehoboth.
    • North Carolina
      • Northampton County
      • This Rehoboth is located in Northampton County and lies 490 miles [788.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Rehoboth that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Rehoboth.
    • Ohio
      • Perry County
      • This Rehoboth is located in Perry County and lies 235 miles [378.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rehoboth that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Rehoboth.
      • Seneca County
      • This Rehoboth is located in Seneca County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km] to the north northeast of the Rehoboth that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seneca County community of Rehoboth.
    • South Carolina
      • Edgefield County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Rehoboth [Edgefield County].
    • Tennessee
      • Dyer County
      • This Rehoboth is located in Dyer County and lies 227 miles [365.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rehoboth that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dyer County community of Rehoboth.
    • Virginia
      • Lunenburg County
      • This Rehoboth is located in Lunenburg County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km]<1> to the east of the Rehoboth that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lunenburg County community of Rehoboth.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rehoboth ...

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.

  • Cedar Farm Landing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Farm Landing is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Farm Landing
  • Central
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Central is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
  • Elizabeth
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Evans Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Evans Landing is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Landing
  • Fishtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Fishtown is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishtown
  • Happy Hollow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Happy Hollow is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hollow
  • Howard
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Howard is located in Hardin County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Meadow Lawn
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Meadow Lawn is located in Jefferson County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lawn
  • Rosewood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rosewood is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
  • Seven Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Seven Springs is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Springs
  • Sugar Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Sugar Grove is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
  • Tobacco Landing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Tobacco Landing is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobacco Landing

How Far From Rehoboth 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 Rehoboth to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rehoboth and extending to:

  • Corydon, which is the Seat of Harrison County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rehoboth to Corydon, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 116 miles [186.7 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 488 miles [785.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,303 miles [10,143.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,026 miles [11,307.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,902 miles [7,889 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Rehoboth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Rehoboth, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Rehoboth 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Rehoboth 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 Rehoboth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0826, Longitude: -86.0230       In this case, the coordinates for Rehoboth have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.375 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.579 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.87 degrees.