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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 Rockfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rockfield 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 Rockfield:
- 32.290988, -92.725152
- 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 Rockfield
- 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 parish-by-parish basis. We have selected Jackson Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson Parish
- Since Rockfield is near Bienville Parish and also Winn Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bienville Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Winn Parish
- 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 Rockfield
Communities Also Named Rockfield ...
We found six communities that are also named Rockfield.
Within Louisiana, the name Rockfield is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, four are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Fresno County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Rockfield [Fresno County].
- Indiana
- Carroll County
- This Rockfield is located in Carroll County and lies 669 miles [1,076.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Rockfield that is located in Jackson Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Rockfield.
- Kentucky
- Warren County
- This Rockfield is located in Warren County and lies 473 miles [761.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Rockfield that is located in Jackson Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Rockfield.
- Nova Scotia
- This Rockfield lies 1,833 miles [2,949.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Rockfield that is located in Jackson Parish.
- Ontario
- This Rockfield lies 1,232 miles [1,982.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Rockfield that is located in Jackson Parish.
- Wisconsin
- Washington County
- This Rockfield is located in Washington County and lies 797 miles [1,282.6 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Rockfield that is located in Jackson Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Rockfield.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rockfield ...
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.
- Danville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Danville is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- English
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- English is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
- Evergreen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Evergreen is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Friendship
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Friendship is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Hebron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hebron is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Hilltop
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hilltop is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Hodge
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hunt ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hunt is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- New Friendship
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- New Friendship is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Friendship
- Punkin Center
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Punkin Center is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punkin Center
- Quitman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
How Far From Rockfield 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 Rockfield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rockfield and extending to:
- Jonesboro, which is the Seat of Jackson Parish, lies just to the South.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Rockfield to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 990 miles [1,593.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,853 miles [11,028.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,574 miles [12,189.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,449 miles [8,769.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Rockfield 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 parish. 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. |
| <2> | 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- Rockfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rockfield 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 Rockfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2910, Longitude: -92.7252 In this case, the coordinates for Rockfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.229 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.248 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.95 degrees. |
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