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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 Rochelle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rochelle 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 Rochelle:
- 31.948766, -83.456881
- 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 Rochelle
- 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 Wilcox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilcox County
- Since Rochelle is near Crisp County and also Turner County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crisp County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Turner 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 Rochelle
Communities Also Named Rochelle ...
We found six communities that are also named Rochelle.
Within Georgia, the name Rochelle is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Alachua County
- This Rochelle is located in Alachua County and lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Rochelle that is located in Wilcox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alachua County community of Rochelle.
- Illinois
- Ogle County
- This Rochelle is located in Ogle County and lies 754 miles [1,213.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Rochelle that is located in Wilcox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ogle County community of Rochelle.
- Louisiana
- Grant Parish
- This Rochelle is located in Grant Parish and lies 522 miles [840.1 km]<1> to the west of the Rochelle that is located in Wilcox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant Parish community of Rochelle.
- New Jersey
- Bergen County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Rochelle [Bergen County].
- Texas
- McCulloch County
- This Rochelle is located in McCulloch County and lies 927 miles [1,491.9 km]<1> to the west of the Rochelle that is located in Wilcox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCulloch County community of Rochelle.
- Virginia
- Madison County
- This Rochelle is located in Madison County and lies 526 miles [846.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Rochelle that is located in Wilcox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Rochelle.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rochelle ...
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.
- Armboy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Armboy is located in Turner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armboy
- Cold Springs ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cold Springs is located in Turner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Double Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Double Run is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Run
- Five Points
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Five Points is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Forest Glen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Forest Glen is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
- Kramer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kramer is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kramer
- Lamb Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lamb Town is located in Crisp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Town
- Queensland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Queensland is located in Ben Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensland
- Rebecca
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rhine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Shinglers ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shinglers is located in Turner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinglers
- Union
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Rochelle 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 city such as Rochelle to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rochelle and extending to:
- Abbeville, which is the Seat of Wilcox County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rochelle to Abbeville, with an average speed<4> 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.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 135 miles [217.3 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 600 miles [965.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,482 miles [10,431.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,174 miles [11,545.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,057 miles [8,138.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rochelle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Rochelle 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. |
| <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 Rochelle 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 Rochelle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9488, Longitude: -83.4569 In this case, the coordinates for Rochelle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.632 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.709 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.36 degrees. |
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