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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:
    • 41.840379, -71.249494
    • 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 Bristol County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bristol County
    • Since Rehoboth is near Providence County and also Bristol County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Providence County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bristol 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 Massachusetts, the name Rehoboth is unique.

Beyond Massachusetts, 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 1,107 miles [1,781.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rehoboth that is located in Bristol 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 898 miles [1,445.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rehoboth that is located in Bristol 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].
    • Indiana
      • Harrison County
      • This Rehoboth is located in Harrison County and lies 822 miles [1,322.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rehoboth that is located in Bristol County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Rehoboth.
    • New Mexico
      • McKinley County
      • This Rehoboth is located in McKinley County and lies 2,045 miles [3,291.1 km]<1> to the west of the Rehoboth that is located in Bristol 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 501 miles [806.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rehoboth that is located in Bristol 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 589 miles [947.9 km]<1> to the west of the Rehoboth that is located in Bristol 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 628 miles [1,010.7 km] to the west of the Rehoboth that is located in Bristol 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 1,044 miles [1,680.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rehoboth that is located in Bristol 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 508 miles [817.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rehoboth that is located in Bristol 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.

  • Barneyville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Barneyville is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barneyville
  • Carpenters Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Carpenters Corner is located in Providence County (RI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Corner
  • Chestnut Tree Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Chestnut Tree Corner is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Tree Corner
  • Dodgeville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dodgeville is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
  • Harris
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Harris is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
  • Kent Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Kent Heights is located in Providence County (RI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Heights
  • Leonard Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Leonard Corner is located in Providence County (RI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard Corner
  • Luther Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Luther Corner is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther Corner
  • Luthers Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Luthers Corners is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luthers Corners
  • Miles Bridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Miles Bridge is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Bridge
  • Perrys Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Perrys Corner is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corner
  • Six Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Six Corners is located in Providence County (RI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Corners

How Far From Rehoboth 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 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:

  • Taunton, which is the Seat of Bristol County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rehoboth to Taunton, with an average speed<4> 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.
  • Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 37 miles [59.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 365 miles [587.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,532 miles [8,902.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,237 miles [10,037.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,114 miles [6,620.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn 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 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 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: 41.8404, Longitude: -71.2495       In this case, the coordinates for Rehoboth have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.165 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.697 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.92 degrees.