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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 Rossi, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rossi 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 Rossi:
- 36.295506, -119.832634
- 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 Rossi
- 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 Kings County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kings County
- Since Rossi is near Fresno County and also Tulare County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fresno County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tulare 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 Rossi
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rossi ...
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.
- Clint
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Clint is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clint
- Guernsey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Guernsey is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Halls Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Halls Corner is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corner
- Home Garden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Home Garden is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Garden
- Hub
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hub is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub
- Marsala ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Marsala is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsala
- Orion ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Orion is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
- Shell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Shell is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell
How Far From Rossi to ...
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 Rossi to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Rossi and extending to:
- Hanford, which is the Seat of Kings County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rossi to Hanford, with an average speed<2> 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.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 181 miles [291.3 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,326 miles [3,743.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,459 miles [12,004.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,228 miles [13,241.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,247 miles [10,053.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'
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- Rossi) 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 Rossi 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 Rossi. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2955, Longitude: -119.8326 In this case, the coordinates for Rossi have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.861 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.249 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.589 degrees. |
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