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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 Rosa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rosa 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 Rosa:
    • 35.769521, -89.849806
    • 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 Rosa
  • 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 Mississippi County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mississippi County
    • Since Rosa is near Lauderdale County and also Tipton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tipton 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 Rosa

Communities Also Named Rosa ...

We found eight communities that are also named Rosa.

Within Arkansas, the name Rosa is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Blount County
      • This Rosa is located in Blount County and lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Rosa that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Rosa.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Landry Parish
      • This Rosa is located in Saint Landry Parish and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Rosa that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Landry Parish community of Rosa.
    • Manitoba
      • This Rosa lies 994 miles [1,599.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Rosa that is located in Mississippi County.
    • Nebraska
      • Nuckolls 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 Nebraska community of Rosa [Nuckolls County].
    • New Mexico
      • Rio Arriba 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 New Mexico community of Rosa [Rio Arriba County].
    • South Carolina
      • Edgefield 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 South Carolina community of Rosa [Edgefield County].
      • Greenwood 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 South Carolina community of Rosa [Greenwood County].
    • Virginia
      • Halifax County
      • This Rosa is located in Halifax County and lies 607 miles [976.9 km]<1> to the east of the Rosa that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Halifax County community of Rosa.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rosa ...

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.

  • Cherry
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cherry is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry
  • Clear Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Clear Lake is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
  • Daniels Point Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
  • Golddust
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Golddust is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golddust
  • Hightower
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Hightower is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
  • Lower Forked Deer Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Oak Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Oak Grove is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Olive Branch
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Olive Branch is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch
  • Promised Land
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Promised Land is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
  • Three Point
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Three Point is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Point
  • Tomato
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Tomato is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomato
  • Tuckertown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Tuckertown is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown

How Far From Rosa 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 Rosa to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rosa and extending to:

  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 153 miles [246.2 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Rosa to Little Rock, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 735 miles [1,182.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,565 miles [10,565.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,290 miles [11,732.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,166 miles [8,313.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rosa) 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 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 Rosa 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 Rosa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Rosa 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 Rosa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7695, Longitude: -89.8498       In this case, the coordinates for Rosa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.703 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.939 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.11 degrees.