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 Rhineland:
38.721048, -91.518808
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 Rhineland
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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Rhineland.
Within Missouri, the name Rhineland is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, one is located in the United States and the other two communities are located in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Manitoba
We haven't found the location of this community yet.
Saskatchewan
This Rhineland lies 1,116 miles [1,796 km]<1> to the northwest of the Rhineland that is located in Montgomery County.
Texas
Knox County
This Rhineland is located in Knox County and lies 577 miles [928.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rhineland that is located in Montgomery County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Rhineland.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rhineland ...
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.
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 town such as Rhineland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rhineland and extending to:
Montgomery City, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Rhineland to Montgomery City, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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.
Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 36 miles [57.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 778 miles [1,252.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,481 miles [10,430.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,219 miles [11,617.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,101 miles [8,209.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rhineland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Rhineland 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 Rhineland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7210, Longitude: -91.5188
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.948 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.776 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.253 degrees.