Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Santa Rosa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Santa Rosa and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Santa Rosa
- 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 Santa Rosa:
- 34.603319, -120.284877
- 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 Santa 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 Santa Barbara County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Santa Barbara County
- Since Santa Rosa is near San Luis Obispo County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- eBird sighting report for San Luis Obispo 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 Santa Rosa ...
We found ten communities that share the name Santa Rosa.
There are three communities within California that are also named Santa Rosa.
Beyond California, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In California ...
- Riverside County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Santa Rosa [Riverside County].
- San Luis Obispo County
- This Santa Rosa is located in San Luis Obispo County and lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Santa Rosa that is located in Santa Barbara County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Luis Obispo County community of Santa Rosa.
- Sonoma County
- This Santa Rosa is located in Sonoma County and lies 297 miles [478 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Santa Rosa that is located in Santa Barbara County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sonoma County community of Santa Rosa.
- Riverside County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Pima County
- This Santa Rosa is located in Pima County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Santa Rosa that is located in Santa Barbara County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pima County community of Santa Rosa.
- Florida
- Walton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Santa Rosa [Walton County].
- Mississippi
- Hancock County
- This Santa Rosa is located in Hancock County and lies 1,799 miles [2,895.2 km]<2> to the east of the Santa Rosa that is located in Santa Barbara County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Santa Rosa.
- Missouri
- DeKalb County
- This Santa Rosa is located in DeKalb County and lies 1,474 miles [2,372.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Santa Rosa that is located in Santa Barbara County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Santa Rosa.
- New Mexico
- Guadalupe County
- This Santa Rosa is located in Guadalupe County and lies 884 miles [1,422.7 km]<2> to the east of the Santa Rosa that is located in Santa Barbara County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guadalupe County community of Santa Rosa.
- Texas
- Cameron County
- This Santa Rosa is located in Cameron County and lies 1,451 miles [2,335.2 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Santa Rosa that is located in Santa Barbara County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cameron County community of Santa Rosa.
- Starr County
- This Santa Rosa is located in Starr County and lies 1,397 miles [2,248.3 km] to the east southeast of the Santa Rosa that is located in Santa Barbara County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Starr County community of Santa Rosa.
- Arizona
Curious and Interesting Names Near Santa 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.
- Acorn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Gato
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Honda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west) - Jesus Maria
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jesus Maria have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesus Maria
- Jesus Maria is located in Santa Barbara County
- Junction Camp
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction Camp
- Junction Camp is located in Santa Barbara County
- Mission Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mission Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
- Mission Hills is located in Santa Barbara County
- Naples ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
- Naples is located in Santa Barbara County
- Surf
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
How Far From Santa 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 Santa Rosa to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Santa Rosa and extending to:
- Santa Barbara, which is the Seat of Santa Barbara County, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Santa Rosa to Santa Barbara, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 282 miles [453.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,388 miles [3,843.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 136 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,577 miles [12,194 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,346 miles [13,431.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,358 miles [10,232.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Santa Rosa. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Santa Barbara County: www.countyofsb.org/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Santa Rosa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Santa Rosa) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Santa Rosa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6033, Longitude: -120.2849 In this case, the coordinates for Santa Rosa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Santa 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. |
| <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 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 Santa Rosa 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 338.022 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.348 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.838 degrees. |