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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 Rolla, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rolla 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 Rolla:
- 39.869152, -104.891365
- 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 Rolla
- 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 Adams County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
- Since Rolla is near Denver County and also Broomfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Denver County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Broomfield 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 Rolla
Communities Also Named Rolla ...
We found eight communities that are also named Rolla.
Within Colorado, the name Rolla is unique.
Beyond Colorado, 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 ...
- Arkansas
- Hot Spring County
- This Rolla is located in Hot Spring County and lies 774 miles [1,245.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Rolla that is located in Adams County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hot Spring County community of Rolla.
- British Columbia
- This Rolla lies 1,306 miles [2,101.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Rolla that is located in Adams County.
- Kansas
- Morton County
- This Rolla is located in Morton County and lies 259 miles [416.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Rolla that is located in Adams County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morton County community of Rolla.
- Missouri
- Phelps County
- This Rolla is located in Phelps County and lies 717 miles [1,153.9 km]<1> to the east of the Rolla that is located in Adams County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phelps County community of Rolla.
- North Dakota
- Rolette County
- This Rolla is located in Rolette County and lies 672 miles [1,081.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Rolla that is located in Adams County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rolette County community of Rolla.
- Ohio
- Knox County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Knox County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Rolla.
- Texas
- Collingsworth County
- This Rolla is located in Collingsworth County and lies 430 miles [692 km]<1> to the southeast of the Rolla that is located in Adams County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Collingsworth County community of Rolla.
- Virginia
- Augusta 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 Virginia community of Rolla [Augusta County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rolla ...
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.
- Commerce City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cotton Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cotton Creek is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Creek
- Cozy Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cozy Corner is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozy Corner
- Derby
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Derby is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Far Horizon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Far Horizon is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Far Horizon
- Federal Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Harris Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Harris Park is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Park
- Hidden Creek Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hidden Creek Park is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Creek Park
- Hidden Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hidden Lake is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
- Holiday Hills Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Irondale
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Irondale is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Little Texas ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Little Texas is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Quail Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Quail Hill is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hill
- Sable
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sable is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sable
- Skyline Vista
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Skyline Vista is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Vista
- Sunset Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sunset Ridge is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Ridge
- Todd Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Todd Creek is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Creek
- Twin Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Lakes is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Utah Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Utah Junction is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utah Junction
- Wandering View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wandering View is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wandering View
How Far From Rolla 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 Rolla to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rolla and extending to:
- Brighton, which is the Seat of Adams County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rolla to Brighton, with an average speed<5> 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.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 10 miles [16.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,482 miles [2,385 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 58 days and walking would take 85 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,862 miles [11,043.3 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 7,625 miles [12,271.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,555 miles [8,939.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Rolla) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Rolla, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 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 Rolla 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Rolla 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 Rolla. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8692, Longitude: -104.8914 In this case, the coordinates for Rolla have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.469 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.984 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.903 degrees. |
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