Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Rose, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rose and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Rose
- 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 Rose:
- 42.581944, -90.699294
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Rose
- 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 Dubuque County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Dubuque County
- Since Rose is near Grant County and also Jo Daviess County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Grant County
- eBird sighting report for Jo Daviess 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Rose ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Rose.
Within Iowa, the name Rose is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Rose is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,107 miles [1,781.5 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Rose that is located in Dubuque County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Rose.
- Leon County
- This Rose is located in Leon County and lies 919 miles [1,479 km] to the south southeast of the Rose that is located in Dubuque County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leon County community of Rose.
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Bingham County
- This Rose is located in Bingham County and lies 1,091 miles [1,755.8 km]<2> to the west of the Rose that is located in Dubuque County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bingham County community of Rose.
- Caribou County
- This Rose is located in Caribou County and lies 1,056 miles [1,699.5 km] to the west of the Rose that is located in Dubuque County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caribou County community of Rose.
- Kansas
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Nebraska
- New York
- Steuben County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Rose [Steuben County].
- Wayne County
- This Rose is located in Wayne County and lies 699 miles [1,124.9 km]<2> to the east of the Rose that is located in Dubuque County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Rose.
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- This Rose lies 1,345 miles [2,164.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Rose that is located in Dubuque County.
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- South Dakota
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rose ...
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.
- British Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for British Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for British Hollow
- British Hollow is located in Grant County (WI)
- Budd
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Cathedral Square
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cathedral Square have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cathedral Square
- Cathedral Square is located in Dubuque County
- Dickeyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dickeyville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Dickeyville is located in Grant County (WI)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
- Eagle Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
- Eagle Point is located in Dubuque County
- Fair Play
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Five Points
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Five Points is located in Dubuque County
- Jamestown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Jamestown is located in Grant County (WI)
- Lore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Louisburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Rockdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Rockdale is located in Dubuque County
- Sageville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Sandy Hook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Hook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Sandy Hook is located in Grant County (WI)
- Twin Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Springs
- Twin Springs is located in Dubuque County
How Far From Rose 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 Rose to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rose and extending to:
- Dubuque, which is the Seat of Dubuque County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Rose to Des Moines, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 757 miles [1,218.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,257 miles [10,069.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,004 miles [11,271.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,895 miles [7,877.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rose. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Dubuque County: www.dubuquecounty.org/
The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Rose, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Rose) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rose. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5819, Longitude: -90.6993 In this case, the coordinates for Rose have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Rose 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. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Rose to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.50 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.786 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.917 degrees. |