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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 Rosamond, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rosamond 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 Rosamond:
    • 33.001513, -85.157164
    • 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 Rosamond
  • 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 Troup County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Troup County
    • Since Rosamond is near Chambers County and also Heard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chambers County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Heard 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 Rosamond

Communities Also Named Rosamond ...

We found three communities that are also named Rosamond.

Within Georgia, the name Rosamond is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Kern County
      • This Rosamond is located in Kern County and lies 1,887 miles [3,036.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rosamond that is located in Troup County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kern County community of Rosamond.
    • Illinois
      • Christian County
      • This Rosamond is located in Christian County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Rosamond that is located in Troup County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Christian County community of Rosamond.
    • Indiana
      • Dubois 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 Indiana community of Rosamond [Dubois County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rosamond ...

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.

  • Cannonville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cannonville is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonville
  • Heatherbrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Heatherbrook is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherbrook
  • Heritage Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Heritage Hills is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
  • Long Cane
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Long Cane is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cane
  • Maplecreek Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Maplecreek Hills is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplecreek Hills
  • Piney Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Piney Hills is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Hills
  • River Trace
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • River Trace is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Trace
  • Shady Oaks
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Shady Oaks is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Oaks
  • Smoke Rise
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Smoke Rise is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Rise
  • Spring Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Spring Valley is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
  • Timber Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Timber Ridge is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
  • Turkey Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Turkey Point is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Point

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

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

  • LaGrange, which is the Seat of Troup County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Rosamond to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 609 miles [980.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,506 miles [10,470.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,208 miles [11,600.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,087 miles [8,186.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rosamond) 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 Rosamond 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 Rosamond 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 Rosamond. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0015, Longitude: -85.1572       In this case, the coordinates for Rosamond have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.669 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.052 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.761 degrees.