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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 Rock House, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rock House 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 Rock House:
- 40.422151, -115.410883
- 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 Rock House
- 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 Elko County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elko County
- Since Rock House is near White Pine County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for White Pine 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 Rock House
Communities Also Named Rock House ...
We found four communities that are also named Rock House.
Within Nevada, the name Rock House is unique.
Beyond Nevada, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jackson 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 Alabama community of Rock House [Jackson County].
- Tennessee
- Trousdale County
- This Rock House is located in Trousdale County and lies 1,603 miles [2,579.8 km]<2> to the east of the Rock House that is located in Elko County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trousdale County community of Rock House.
- White 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 Tennessee community of Rock House [White County].
- Virginia
- Russell 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 Virginia community of Rock House [Russell County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rock House ...
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.
- Cave Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cave Creek is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek
- Cave Creek has also been known as:
- Cavecreek
- Coral Hill ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coral Hill is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hill
- Dry Creek ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dry Creek is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
- Fair Play ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fair Play is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Play
- Jiggs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jiggs is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jiggs
- Former names for Jiggs:
- Hylton
- Mound Valley
- Skelton
- Lee ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lee is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Ruby Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shanty Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Shanty Town is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanty Town
How Far From Rock House 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 community such as Rock House to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rock House and extending to:
- Elko, which is the Seat of Elko County, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rock House to Elko, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 246 miles [395.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,026 miles [3,260.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 80 days and walking would take 116 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,102 miles [11,429.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,871 miles [12,667.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,876 miles [9,456.5 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 Rock House 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rock House) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Rock House 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 Rock House. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4222, Longitude: -115.4109 In this case, the coordinates for Rock House have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.695 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.734 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.862 degrees. |
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