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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 Rocky Cross, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rocky Cross 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 Rocky Cross:
- 35.863210, -78.221939
- 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 Rocky Cross
- 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 Nash County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nash County
- Since Rocky Cross is near Franklin County and also Wake 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 Wake 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 Rocky Cross
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rocky Cross ...
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.
- Bunn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Daddysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Daddysville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daddysville
- Floods Chapel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Floods Chapel is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floods Chapel
- Gold Valley Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Middlesex
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Middlesex is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
- Mount Pleasant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Pilot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pilot is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot
- Pine Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pine Ridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Rogers Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rogers Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossroads
- Social Plains
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Social Plains is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Social Plains
- Union Hope
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Union Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
How Far From Rocky Cross to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Rocky Cross to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rocky Cross and extending to:
- Nashville, which is the Seat of Nash County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rocky Cross to Nashville, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 24 miles [38.6 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 219 miles [352.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,078 miles [9,781.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,773 miles [10,900.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,654 miles [7,489.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rocky Cross) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Rocky Cross 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 Rocky Cross. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8632, Longitude: -78.2219 In this case, the coordinates for Rocky Cross have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.712 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.917 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.285 degrees. |
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