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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 Rolla, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rolla 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 Rolla:
- 37.951432, -91.768550
- 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 Rolla
- 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 Phelps County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Phelps County
- Since Rolla is near Maries County and also Dent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Maries County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dent 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 Rolla
Communities Also Named Rolla ...
We found eight communities that are also named Rolla.
Within Missouri, the name Rolla is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Hot Spring County
- This Rolla is located in Hot Spring County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Rolla that is located in Phelps County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hot Spring County community of Rolla.
- British Columbia
- This Rolla lies 1,800 miles [2,896.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Rolla that is located in Phelps County.
- Colorado
- Adams County
- This Rolla is located in Adams County and lies 716 miles [1,152.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rolla that is located in Phelps County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Rolla.
- Kansas
- Morton County
- This Rolla is located in Morton County and lies 542 miles [872.3 km]<1> to the west of the Rolla that is located in Phelps County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morton County community of Rolla.
- North Dakota
- Rolette County
- This Rolla is located in Rolette County and lies 848 miles [1,364.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Rolla that is located in Phelps County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rolette County community of Rolla.
- Ohio
- Knox County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Knox County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Rolla.
- Texas
- Collingsworth County
- This Rolla is located in Collingsworth County and lies 521 miles [838.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rolla that is located in Phelps County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Collingsworth County community of Rolla.
- Virginia
- Augusta 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 Virginia community of Rolla [Augusta County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rolla ...
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.
- De Camp ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- De Camp is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Camp
- Dean Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dean Ford is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean Ford
- Flag Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Flag Spring is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Spring
- Jerome
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Spring
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Spring is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Spring
- Safe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Safe is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Safe
- Signal ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Signal is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal
- Sugartree
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sugartree is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugartree
- Table Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Table Rock is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
- Yancy Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Yancy Mills is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy Mills
How Far From Rolla 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 city such as Rolla to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rolla and extending to:
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 48 miles [77.2 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Rolla to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 798 miles [1,284.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,529 miles [10,507.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,266 miles [11,693.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,147 miles [8,283.3 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rolla) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rolla, 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 Rolla 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 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 Rolla 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 Rolla. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9514, Longitude: -91.7686 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.075 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.819 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.535 degrees. |
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