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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 Rock Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rock Spring and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Rock Spring:
    • 33.635109, -84.354647
    • 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 Rock Spring
  • 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 Clayton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clayton County
    • Since Rock Spring is near Fulton County and also DeKalb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb 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 Rock Spring

Communities Also Named Rock Spring ...

We found eight communities that are also named Rock Spring.

There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Rock Spring.

Beyond Georgia, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Walker County
      • This Rock Spring is located in Walker County and lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Rock Spring that is located in Clayton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Rock Spring.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Etowah County
      • This Rock Spring is located in Etowah County and lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rock Spring that is located in Clayton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Rock Spring.
    • Kansas
      • Ellsworth 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 Kansas community of Rock Spring [Ellsworth County].
      • Saline County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rock Spring [Saline County].
    • Kentucky
      • Webster County
      • This Rock Spring is located in Webster County and lies 331 miles [532.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Rock Spring that is located in Clayton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Rock Spring.
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Rock Spring is located in Harford County and lies 602 miles [968.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rock Spring that is located in Clayton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Rock Spring.
    • Missouri
      • Washington 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 Missouri community of Rock Spring [Washington County].
    • North Carolina
      • Pitt County
      • This Rock Spring is located in Pitt County and lies 415 miles [667.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rock Spring that is located in Clayton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Rock Spring.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rock Spring ...

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.

  • Cherokee Forest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cherokee Forest is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Forest
  • Elizabeth Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Elizabeth Park is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Park
  • Forest Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Gilbert Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Gilbert Gardens is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Gardens
  • Lake City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Manor Ridge Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Manor Ridge Park is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Ridge Park
  • Millrun
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Millrun is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millrun
  • Mountain View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Mountain View is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
  • Mountain View Plaza
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Mountain View Plaza is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Plaza
  • Paradise Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Paradise Park is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Park
  • Sweetbriar
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Sweetbriar is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetbriar
  • Woodland Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Woodland Park is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park

How Far From Rock Spring 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 Rock Spring to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rock Spring and extending to:

  • Jonesboro, which is the Seat of Clayton County, lies just to the South.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies just to the north northwest (NNW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 545 miles [877.1 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Rock Spring to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 31 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,443 miles [10,369 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,145 miles [11,498.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,023 miles [8,083.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rock Spring) 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 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 Rock Spring 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 Rock Spring 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 Rock Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6351, Longitude: -84.3546       In this case, the coordinates for Rock Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.229 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.633 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.301 degrees.