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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:
    • 34.823244, -85.240714
    • 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 Walker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Walker County
    • Since Rock Spring is near Catoosa County and also Whitfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Catoosa County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Whitfield 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 ...
    • Clayton County
      • This Rock Spring is located in Clayton County and lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Rock Spring that is located in Walker County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Rock Spring.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Etowah County
      • This Rock Spring is located in Etowah County and lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Rock Spring that is located in Walker 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 235 miles [378.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Rock Spring that is located in Walker 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 586 miles [943.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rock Spring that is located in Walker 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 443 miles [712.9 km]<1> to the east of the Rock Spring that is located in Walker 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.

  • Burning Bush
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Burning Bush is located in Catoosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Bush
  • Chestnutflat ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Chestnutflat is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnutflat
  • Freetown ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Freetown is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
  • Gordon Springs ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Gordon Springs is located in Whitfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Springs
  • Hall Mill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hall Mill is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Mill
  • Haysville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Haysville is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
  • Henrys ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Henrys is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys
  • High Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • High Point is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
  • Meadowview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Meadowview is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
  • Mountain View
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Mountain View is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
  • Noble
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Noble is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
  • Pleasant Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Catoosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pond Spring
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Pond Spring is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Spring
    • Post Oak
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Post Oak is located in Catoosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak
    • Red Belt
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Red Belt is located in Catoosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Belt
    • Robertsville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Robertsville is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
    • Shadynook
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Shadynook is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadynook
    • Valley Head
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Valley Head is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Head

How Far From Rock Spring 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 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:

  • LaFayette, which is the Seat of Walker County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Rock Spring to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 533 miles [857.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,425 miles [10,340 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,134 miles [11,481.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,010 miles [8,062.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 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 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 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.
<4>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: 34.8232, Longitude: -85.2407    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.804 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.462 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.368 degrees.