Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Rockland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rockland and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Rockland
- 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 Rockland:
- 42.574010, -112.875877
- 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 Rockland
- 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 Power County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Power County
- Since Rockland is near Cassia County and also Oneida County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cassia County
- eBird sighting report for Oneida 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 Rockland ...
We found 33 communities that share the name Rockland.
Within Idaho, the name Rockland is unique.
Beyond Idaho, we know of another 33 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 33 communities, 29 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Del Norte County
- This Rockland is located in Del Norte County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km]<1> to the west of the Rockland that is located in Power County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Del Norte County community of Rockland.
- Shasta County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Shasta County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of Rockland.
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Rockland is located in Baltimore County and lies 1,885 miles [3,033.6 km]<1> to the east of the Rockland that is located in Power County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Rockland.
- Howard County
- This Rockland is located in Howard County and lies 1,880 miles [3,025.6 km] to the east of the Rockland that is located in Power County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Rockland.
- Montgomery County
- This Rockland is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,869 miles [3,007.9 km] to the east of the Rockland that is located in Power County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Rockland.
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Nevada
- Elko County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Elko County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elko County community of Rockland.
- Lyon County
- This community is historic and although located in Lyon County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyon County community of Rockland.
- New Brunswick
- New York
- Rockland 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 Rockland [Rockland County].
- Sullivan County
- This Rockland is located in Sullivan County and lies 1,924 miles [3,096.4 km]<1> to the east of the Rockland that is located in Power County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Rockland.
- Nova Scotia
- This Rockland lies 2,371 miles [3,815.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rockland that is located in Power County.
- Ohio
- Ontario
- This Rockland lies 1,859 miles [2,991.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rockland that is located in Power County.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Quebec
- This Rockland lies 2,010 miles [3,234.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rockland that is located in Power County.
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Greenbrier County
- This Rockland is located in Greenbrier County and lies 1,729 miles [2,782.6 km]<1> to the east of the Rockland that is located in Power County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenbrier County community of Rockland.
- Hardy County
- This Rockland is located in Hardy County and lies 1,792 miles [2,883.9 km] to the east of the Rockland that is located in Power County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardy County community of Rockland.
- Wisconsin
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rockland ...
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.
- American Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Falls
- American Falls is located in Power County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,298 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for American Falls <4>
- Cedarhill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south) - Crystal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east) - Dairy Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dairy Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairy Creek
- Dairy Creek is located in Oneida County
- Lone Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north) - Quigley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest) - Raft River
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raft River have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raft River
- Raft River is located in Cassia County
- Roy Summit
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roy Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy Summit
- Roy Summit is located in Oneida County
- Sublett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublett
- Sublett is located in Cassia County
How Far From Rockland to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Rockland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rockland and extending to:
- American Falls, which is the Seat of Power County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Rockland to American Falls, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Boise City, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 182 miles [292.9 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,878 miles [3,022.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 74 days and walking would take 107 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,911 miles [11,122.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,680 miles [12,359.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,679 miles [9,139.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rockland. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Power County: www.co.power.id.us/
The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/
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- Rockland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rockland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5740, Longitude: -112.8759 |
| <2> | 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 Rockland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Rockland 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Rockland to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.862 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.741 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.206 degrees. |