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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 Point of Rocks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Point of Rocks 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 Point of Rocks:
- 41.210259, -103.246042
- 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 Point of Rocks
- 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 Cheyenne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cheyenne County
- Since Point of Rocks is near Kimball County and also Logan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kimball County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Logan 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 Point of Rocks
Communities Also Named Point of Rocks ...
We found ten communities that are also named Point of Rocks.
Within Nebraska, the name Point of Rocks is unique.
Beyond Nebraska, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Maricopa County
- This Point of Rocks is located in Maricopa County and lies 771 miles [1,240.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Point of Rocks that is located in Cheyenne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Point of Rocks.
- Yavapai 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 Arizona community of Point of Rocks [Yavapai County].
- California
- San Bernardino 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 Point of Rocks [San Bernardino County].
- Kansas
- Gray 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 Kansas community of Point of Rocks [Gray County].
- Hodgeman County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Point of Rocks [Hodgeman County].
- Maryland
- Frederick County
- This Point of Rocks is located in Frederick County and lies 1,356 miles [2,182.3 km]<1> to the east of the Point of Rocks that is located in Cheyenne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Point of Rocks.
- Nevada
- Elko County
- This Point of Rocks is located in Elko County and lies 649 miles [1,044.5 km]<1> to the west of the Point of Rocks that is located in Cheyenne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elko County community of Point of Rocks.
- Nye County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Point of Rocks.
- Wyoming
- Albany County
- This Point of Rocks is located in Albany County and lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Point of Rocks that is located in Cheyenne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albany County community of Point of Rocks.
- Sweetwater County
- This Point of Rocks is located in Sweetwater County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km] to the west of the Point of Rocks that is located in Cheyenne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sweetwater County community of Point of Rocks.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Point of Rocks ...
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.
- Huntsman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Huntsman is located in Cheyenne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsman
- Oliver
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Oliver is located in Kimball County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Potter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
How Far From Point of Rocks 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 Point of Rocks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Point of Rocks and extending to:
- Sidney, which is the Seat of Cheyenne County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Point of Rocks to Sidney, with an average speed<5> 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 four to five hours.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 341 miles [548.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,389 miles [2,235.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 79 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,737 miles [10,842.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,499 miles [12,068.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,429 miles [8,737.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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- Point of Rocks) 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 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 Point of Rocks 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 Point of Rocks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Point of Rocks 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 Point of Rocks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2103, Longitude: -103.2460 In this case, the coordinates for Point of Rocks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.357 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 323.831 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.836 degrees. |
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