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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 Rosetta, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rosetta 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 Rosetta:
- 31.317037, -91.101518
- 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 Rosetta
- 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 Wilkinson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilkinson County
- Since Rosetta is near Franklin County and also Amite County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Amite 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 Rosetta
Communities Also Named Rosetta ...
We found five communities that are also named Rosetta.
There is one other community in Mississippi that is also named Rosetta.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Mississippi ...
- Franklin 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 Mississippi community of Rosetta [Franklin County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Johnson County
- This Rosetta is located in Johnson County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Rosetta that is located in Wilkinson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Rosetta.
- Iowa
- Keokuk 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 Iowa community of Rosetta [Keokuk County].
- Kentucky
- Breckinridge County
- This Rosetta is located in Breckinridge County and lies 524 miles [843.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Rosetta that is located in Wilkinson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Breckinridge County community of Rosetta.
- Ontario
- This Rosetta lies 1,240 miles [1,995.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Rosetta that is located in Wilkinson County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rosetta ...
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.
- Bunkley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bunkley is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunkley
- Flat Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Franklin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Franklin is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Freewoods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Freewoods is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freewoods
- Garden City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harvard Ferry
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Harvard Ferry is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard Ferry
- Ireland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ireland is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ireland
- Perrytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Perrytown is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrytown
How Far From Rosetta 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 Rosetta to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rosetta and extending to:
- Woodville, which is the Seat of Wilkinson County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rosetta to Woodville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 87 miles [140 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 949 miles [1,527.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,836 miles [11,001.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,549 miles [12,148.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,425 miles [8,730.7 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 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 Rosetta 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. |
| <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- Rosetta) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rosetta, 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 Rosetta 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 Rosetta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3170, Longitude: -91.1015 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.105 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.807 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.423 degrees. |
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