Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Rockport, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rockport and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Rockport
- 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 Rockport:
- 39.074246, -81.553180
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Rockport
- 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 Wood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Wood County
- Since Rockport is near Wirt County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Wirt County
- eBird sighting report for Jackson 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Rockport ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Rockport.
There is one other community in West Virginia which is also named Rockport.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 26 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Parke County
- This Rockport is located in Parke County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rockport that is located in Wood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Parke County community of Rockport.
- Spencer County
- This Rockport is located in Spencer County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km] to the west southwest of the Rockport that is located in Wood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spencer County community of Rockport.
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Attala County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Rockport [Attala County].
- Copiah County
- This Rockport is located in Copiah County and lies 697 miles [1,121.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rockport that is located in Wood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Copiah County community of Rockport.
- New Brunswick
- This Rockport lies 980 miles [1,577.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rockport that is located in Wood County.
- New Jersey
- Sussex County
- This Rockport is located in Sussex County and lies 397 miles [638.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rockport that is located in Wood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Rockport.
- Warren County
- This Rockport is located in Warren County and lies 373 miles [600.3 km] to the east northeast of the Rockport that is located in Wood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Rockport.
- Ohio
- Allen County
- This Rockport is located in Allen County and lies 179 miles [288.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Rockport that is located in Wood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Rockport.
- Cuyahoga County
- This Rockport is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 165 miles [265.5 km] to the north of the Rockport that is located in Wood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Rockport.
- Monroe County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rockport [Monroe County].
- Ontario
- This Rockport lies 466 miles [750 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rockport that is located in Wood County.
- Pennsylvania
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rockport ...
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.
- Cool Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cool Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Springs
- Cool Springs is located in Wood County
- Creels
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Cuba
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Elizabeth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
- Elizabeth is located in Wirt County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 819 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elizabeth <5>
- Fountain Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Spring
- Fountain Spring is located in Wood County
- Jerrys Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jerrys Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerrys Run
- Jerrys Run is located in Wood County
- Kingbury ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Leachtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Lucky ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Manganese ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Mineral Wells
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Wells
- Mineral Wells is located in Wood County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mineral Wells <5>
- Palestine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Palestine is located in Wirt County
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Peewee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peewee
- Peewee is located in Wirt County
- Pleasant Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Hill is located in Wood County
- Powers ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Rover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Slate
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate
- Slate is located in Wood County
- Windy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy
- Windy is located in Wirt County
- Zackville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Peewee
How Far From Rockport to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Rockport to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rockport and extending to:
- Parkersburg, which is the Seat of Wood County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Rockport to Parkersburg, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 50 miles [80.5 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 242 miles [389.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,077 miles [9,780 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,794 miles [10,933.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,669 miles [7,514 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rockport. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Wood County: www.woodcountywv.com/
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
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- Rockport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rockport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0742, Longitude: -81.5532 In this case, the coordinates for Rockport 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 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 Rockport 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> | 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 Rockport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Rockport to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.596 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.546 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.593 degrees. |