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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 House Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rock House Place 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 Rock House Place:
- 42.172687, -114.781433
- 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 House Place
- 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 Twin Falls County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Twin Falls County
- Since Rock House Place is near Owyhee County and also Elko County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Owyhee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elko 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 House Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rock House Place ...
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.
- Amsterdam
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Amsterdam is located in Twin Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam
- Greys Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greys Landing is located in Twin Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greys Landing
- Hand Place
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hand Place is located in Twin Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand Place
- Indian Jim Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Indian Jim Place is located in Twin Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Jim Place
- Jackpot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall Butte Crossing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- May Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- May Place is located in Twin Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Place
- Meteor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meteor is located in Twin Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meteor
- Player Place
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Player Place is located in Twin Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Player Place
- Threemile Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Threemile Crossing is located in Twin Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threemile Crossing
How Far From Rock House Place 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 House Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rock House Place and extending to:
- Twin Falls, which is the Seat of Twin Falls County, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rock House Place to Twin Falls, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 122 miles [196.3 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,977 miles [3,181.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 78 days and walking would take 113 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,979 miles [11,231.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,748 miles [12,469.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,760 miles [9,269.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 House Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 House Place 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 House Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1727, Longitude: -114.7814 In this case, the coordinates for Rock House Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.348 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.457 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.38 degrees. |
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