Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Rockport, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rockport and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Rockport
- 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 Rockport:
- 40.823710, -74.876835
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Rockport
- 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Since Rockport is near Morris County and also Hunterdon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Morris County
- eBird sighting report for Hunterdon 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Rockport ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Rockport.
There is one other community in New Jersey which is also named Rockport.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 26 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In New Jersey ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Parke County
- This Rockport is located in Parke County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km]<1> to the west of the Rockport that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Parke County community of Rockport.
- Spencer County
- This Rockport is located in Spencer County and lies 680 miles [1,094.4 km] to the west southwest of the Rockport that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spencer County community of Rockport.
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Attala 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 Mississippi community of Rockport [Attala County].
- Copiah County
- This Rockport is located in Copiah County and lies 1,051 miles [1,691.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rockport that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Copiah County community of Rockport.
- New Brunswick
- This Rockport lies 621 miles [999.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rockport that is located in Warren County.
- Ohio
- Allen County
- This Rockport is located in Allen County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<1> to the west of the Rockport that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Rockport.
- Cuyahoga County
- This Rockport is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 364 miles [585.8 km] to the west of the Rockport that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Rockport.
- Monroe 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 Ohio community of Rockport [Monroe County].
- Ontario
- This Rockport lies 250 miles [402.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Rockport that is located in Warren County.
- Pennsylvania
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wetzel County
- This Rockport is located in Wetzel County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rockport that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wetzel County community of Rockport.
- Wood County
- This Rockport is located in Wood County and lies 373 miles [600.3 km] to the west southwest of the Rockport that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Rockport.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rockport ...
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.
- Anthony
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Butler Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butler Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Park
- Butler Park is located in Warren County
- Buttzville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buttzville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttzville
- Buttzville is located in Warren County
- Changewater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Changewater have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Changewater
- Changewater is located in Hunterdon County
- Drakestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drakestown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakestown
- Drakestown is located in Morris County
- Great Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Meadows
- Great Meadows is located in Warren County
- Little Brook
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Brook
- Little Brook is located in Hunterdon County
- Long Bridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Long Bridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bridge
- Long Bridge is located in Warren County
- Long Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Valley
- Long Valley is located in Morris County
- Marble Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marble Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Hill
- Marble Hill is located in Warren County
- Pleasant Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pleasant Grove is located in Morris County
- Scrappy Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scrappy Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrappy Corner
- Scrappy Corner is located in Hunterdon County
- Springtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springtown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
- Springtown is located in Morris County
How Far From Rockport 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 Rockport to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rockport and extending to:
- Belvidere, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Rockport to Belvidere, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 42 miles [67.6 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 175 miles [281.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,726 miles [9,215.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,434 miles [10,354.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,310 miles [6,936.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rockport. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Warren County: www.co.warren.nj.us/
The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.nj.gov/
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rockport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rockport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8237, Longitude: -74.8768 In this case, the coordinates for Rockport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Rockport 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 Rockport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Rockport to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.45 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.11 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.995 degrees. |