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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 Rockwell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rockwell 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 Rockwell:
    • 38.023892, -84.234891
    • 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 Rockwell
  • 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
    • Since Rockwell is near Bourbon County and also Fayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bourbon County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 Rockwell

Communities Also Named Rockwell ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Rockwell.

Within Kentucky, the name Rockwell is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Garland County
      • This Rockwell is located in Garland County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rockwell that is located in Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garland County community of Rockwell.
    • California
      • San Joaquin 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 California community of Rockwell [San Joaquin County].
    • Florida
      • Brevard County
      • This Rockwell is located in Brevard County and lies 702 miles [1,129.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Rockwell that is located in Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brevard County community of Rockwell.
      • Marion 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 Florida community of Rockwell [Marion County].
    • Illinois
      • La Salle 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 Illinois community of Rockwell [La Salle County].
    • Iowa
      • Cerro Gordo County
      • This Rockwell is located in Cerro Gordo County and lies 580 miles [933.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Rockwell that is located in Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cerro Gordo County community of Rockwell.
    • Kansas
      • Norton County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rockwell [Norton County].
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Rockwell is located in Baltimore County and lies 411 miles [661.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rockwell that is located in Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Rockwell.
    • Michigan
      • Berrien 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 Michigan community of Rockwell [Berrien County].
    • North Carolina
      • Rowan County
      • This Rockwell is located in Rowan County and lies 271 miles [436.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Rockwell that is located in Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rowan County community of Rockwell.
    • Ohio
      • Wood County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rockwell [Wood County].
    • Texas
      • Lamar County
      • This Rockwell is located in Lamar County and lies 702 miles [1,129.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rockwell that is located in Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Rockwell.
    • Washington
      • Adams County
      • This Rockwell is located in Adams County and lies 1,812 miles [2,916.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rockwell that is located in Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Rockwell.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rockwell ...

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.

  • Bon Haven
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Bon Haven is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Haven
  • Chilesburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Chilesburg is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilesburg
  • Constant Station
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Constant Station is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constant Station
  • Forest Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Forest Grove is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
  • Forest Retreat
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Forest Retreat is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Retreat
  • Franklin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Franklin is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Meadowbrook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Meadowbrook is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
  • Pretty Run
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pretty Run is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pretty Run
  • Providence
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Providence is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
  • Saddlebrook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Saddlebrook is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddlebrook
  • Silver Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Silver Lake is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
  • Victory Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Victory Heights is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Heights

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

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

  • Winchester, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Rockwell to Frankfort, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 393 miles [632.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,234 miles [10,032.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,953 miles [11,189.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,828 miles [7,769.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rockwell) 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 Rockwell 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>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 Rockwell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Rockwell 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 Rockwell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0239, Longitude: -84.2349       In this case, the coordinates for Rockwell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.259 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.292 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.095 degrees.