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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 Roselle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Roselle 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 Roselle:
- 42.000231, -94.916101
- 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 Roselle
- 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Since Roselle is near Crawford County and also Audubon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Audubon 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 Roselle
Communities Also Named Roselle ...
We found six communities that are also named Roselle.
Within Iowa, the name Roselle is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Clay County
- This Roselle is located in Clay County and lies 777 miles [1,250.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Roselle that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Roselle.
- Delaware
- New Castle 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 Delaware community of Roselle [New Castle County].
- Illinois
- DuPage County
- This Roselle is located in DuPage County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<1> to the east of the Roselle that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DuPage County community of Roselle.
- Mississippi
- Coahoma 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 Mississippi community of Roselle [Coahoma County].
- Missouri
- Madison County
- This Roselle is located in Madison County and lies 382 miles [614.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Roselle that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Roselle.
- New Jersey
- Union 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 Roselle [Union County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Roselle ...
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.
- Audubon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Coon Rapids
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gray
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hart
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hart is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- Herring ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Irwin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maple River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Maple River is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple River
- Sac City Junction ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sac City Junction is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac City Junction
- Vail
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Viola Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Viola Center is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola Center
How Far From Roselle 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 Roselle to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Roselle and extending to:
- Carroll, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Roselle to Des Moines, with an average speed<4>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 4 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 961 miles [1,546.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,432 miles [10,351.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,183 miles [11,559.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,084 miles [8,181.9 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- Roselle) 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 Roselle 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 Roselle 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 Roselle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0002, Longitude: -94.9161 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.402 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.034 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.239 degrees. |
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