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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 Rex, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rex 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 Rex:
- 37.536152, -93.249079
- 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 Rex
- 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 Polk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Since Rex is near Dallas County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Rex
Communities Also Named Rex ...
We found twelve communities that are also named Rex.
Within Missouri, the name Rex is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Van Buren County
- This Rex is located in Van Buren County and lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Rex that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Rex.
- California
- Santa Barbara County
- This Rex is located in Santa Barbara County and lies 1,516 miles [2,439.8 km]<1> to the west of the Rex that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Barbara County community of Rex.
- Colorado
- Larimer County
- This Rex is located in Larimer County and lies 676 miles [1,087.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rex that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Larimer County community of Rex.
- Florida
- Alachua County
- This Rex is located in Alachua County and lies 841 miles [1,353.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Rex that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alachua County community of Rex.
- Georgia
- Clayton County
- This Rex is located in Clayton County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Rex that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Rex.
- Kansas
- Douglas 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 Kansas community of Rex [Douglas County].
- Kentucky
- Harlan County
- This Rex is located in Harlan County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<1> to the east of the Rex that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harlan County community of Rex.
- Hart County
- This Rex is located in Hart County and lies 409 miles [658.2 km] to the east of the Rex that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hart County community of Rex.
- North Carolina
- Gaston 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 Rex [Gaston County].
- Robeson County
- This Rex is located in Robeson County and lies 811 miles [1,305.2 km]<1> to the east of the Rex that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robeson County community of Rex.
- Ohio
- Miami 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 Ohio community of Rex [Miami County].
- Oregon
- Yamhill County
- This Rex is located in Yamhill County and lies 1,615 miles [2,599.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rex that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yamhill County community of Rex.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rex ...
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.
- Burns
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Burns is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
- Goodnight
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Goodnight is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnight
- Estimated population in 2019: 18 people
- Goodnight has also been known as:
- Goodnight village
- Halfway
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Halfway is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Pleasant Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Redtop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Redtop is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redtop
- Rock Prairie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Prairie is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Prairie
- Sunset
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sunset is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Tin Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tin Town is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Town
How Far From Rex 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 Rex to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rex and extending to:
- Bolivar, which is the Seat of Polk County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rex to Bolivar, 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.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 92 miles [148.1 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 883 miles [1,421.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,605 miles [10,629.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,343 miles [11,817.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,226 miles [8,410.4 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- Rex) 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 Rex 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 Rex 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 Rex. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5362, Longitude: -93.2491 In this case, the coordinates for Rex have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.034 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.873 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.315 degrees. |
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