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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 Rosita, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rosita 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 Rosita:
- 38.097939, -105.336832
- 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 Rosita
- 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 Custer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Custer County
- Since Rosita is near Fremont County and also Huerfano County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fremont County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Huerfano 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 Rosita
Communities Also Named Rosita ...
We found three communities that are also named Rosita.
Within Colorado, the name Rosita is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Tennessee
- Stewart County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Rosita [Stewart County].
- Texas
- Duval County
- This Rosita is located in Duval County and lies 816 miles [1,313.2 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Rosita that is located in Custer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duval County community of Rosita.
- Starr County
- This Rosita is located in Starr County and lies 889 miles [1,430.7 km] to the south southeast of the Rosita that is located in Custer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Starr County community of Rosita.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rosita ...
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.
- Cedar Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Coal Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cold Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cold Spring is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Cottonwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonwood is located in Saguache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Galena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Galena is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Greenwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockvale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Cliff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
How Far From Rosita to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Rosita to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rosita and extending to:
- Westcliffe, which is the Seat of Custer County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Rosita to Denver, with an average speed<4>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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,524 miles [2,452.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 87 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,978 miles [11,230 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,739 miles [12,454.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,662 miles [9,112.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Rosita 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. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Rosita) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Rosita 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 Rosita. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0979, Longitude: -105.3368 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.625 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.979 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.326 degrees. |
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