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 Rock Crossing:
36.726094, -113.341895
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 Rock Crossing
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 Mohave County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found five communities that are also named Rock Crossing.
There is one other community in Arizona that is also named Rock Crossing.
Beyond Arizona, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In Arizona ...
Coconino County
This Rock Crossing is located in Coconino County and lies 191 miles [307.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Rock Crossing that is located in Mohave County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coconino County community of Rock Crossing.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alaska
This Rock Crossing lies 2,447 miles [3,938.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Rock Crossing that is located in Mohave County.
Colorado
Pueblo County
This Rock Crossing is located in Pueblo County and lies 511 miles [822.4 km]<1> to the east of the Rock Crossing that is located in Mohave County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pueblo County community of Rock Crossing.
Montana
Sheridan County
This Rock Crossing is located in Sheridan County and lies 930 miles [1,496.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Rock Crossing that is located in Mohave County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sheridan County community of Rock Crossing.
Texas
Wilbarger County
This Rock Crossing is located in Wilbarger County and lies 820 miles [1,319.7 km]<1> to the east of the Rock Crossing that is located in Mohave County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilbarger County community of Rock Crossing.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rock Crossing ...
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.
Apple Valley (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
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 Rock Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rock Crossing and extending to:
Kingman, which is the Seat of Mohave County, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could drive a straight line from Rock Crossing to Kingman, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 237 miles [381.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,973 miles [3,175.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 77 days and walking would take 113 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,281 miles [11,717.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,049 miles [12,953.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,014 miles [9,678.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rock Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
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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 Rock Crossing 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 Rock Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7261, Longitude: -113.3419 In this case, the coordinates for Rock Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.624 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.977 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.809 degrees.