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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 Roy:
36.890334, -92.803782
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.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 24 communities, 22 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Mississippi County
This Roy is located in Mississippi County and lies 173 miles [278.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Roy that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of Roy.
Pike County
This Roy is located in Pike County and lies 205 miles [329.9 km] to the south southwest of the Roy that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Roy.
British Columbia
This Roy lies 1,863 miles [2,998.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Roy that is located in Douglas County.
Colorado
Weld County
This Roy is located in Weld County and lies 672 miles [1,081.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Roy that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weld County community of Roy.
Florida
Flagler County
This Roy is located in Flagler County and lies 823 miles [1,324.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Roy that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Flagler County community of Roy.
Saint Johns 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 Florida community of Roy [Saint Johns County].
Georgia
Bibb 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 Georgia community of Roy [Bibb County].
Gilmer County
This Roy is located in Gilmer County and lies 497 miles [799.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Roy that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gilmer County community of Roy.
Idaho
Power County
This Roy is located in Power County and lies 1,126 miles [1,812.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Roy that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Power County community of Roy.
Kansas
Sumner 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 Roy [Sumner County].
Louisiana
Bienville Parish
This Roy is located in Bienville Parish and lies 322 miles [518.2 km]<1> to the south of the Roy that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bienville Parish community of Roy.
Natchitoches Parish
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 Louisiana community of Roy [Natchitoches Parish].
Michigan
Alcona 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 Michigan community of Roy [Alcona County].
Mississippi
Clarke County
This Roy is located in Clarke County and lies 399 miles [642.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Roy that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Roy.
Montana
Fergus County
This Roy is located in Fergus County and lies 1,093 miles [1,759 km]<1> to the northwest of the Roy that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fergus County community of Roy.
New Brunswick
This Roy lies 1,577 miles [2,537.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Roy that is located in Douglas County.
New Mexico
Harding County
This Roy is located in Harding County and lies 635 miles [1,021.9 km]<1> to the west of the Roy that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harding County community of Roy.
Oregon
Washington County
This Roy is located in Washington County and lies 1,670 miles [2,687.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Roy that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Roy.
Pennsylvania
Butler 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 Roy [Butler County].
York County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Roy [York County].
Tennessee
Madison County
This Roy is located in Madison County and lies 243 miles [391.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Roy that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Roy.
Texas
Castro County
This Roy is located in Castro County and lies 553 miles [890 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Roy that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Castro County community of Roy.
Utah
Weber County
This Roy is located in Weber County and lies 1,071 miles [1,723.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Roy that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Roy.
Washington
Pierce County
This Roy is located in Pierce County and lies 1,666 miles [2,681.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Roy that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of Roy.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Roy ...
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.
Cross Roads (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Roads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Red Bank. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
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 Roy to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Roy and extending to:
Ava, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Roy to Ava, 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.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 869 miles [1,398.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,622 miles [10,657.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,357 miles [11,839.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,238 miles [8,429.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Roy) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Roy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8903, Longitude: -92.8038 In this case, the coordinates for Roy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Roy 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>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Roy to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.694 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.394 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.228 degrees.