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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 Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rock Hill and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Hill:
    • 41.625750, -74.597553
    • 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 Hill
  • 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 Sullivan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
    • Since Rock Hill is near Ulster County and also Orange County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ulster County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Orange 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 Hill

Communities Also Named Rock Hill ...

We found 28 communities that are also named Rock Hill.

Within New York, the name Rock Hill is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of 28 communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Escambia County
      • This Rock Hill is located in Escambia County and lies 998 miles [1,606.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rock Hill that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Rock Hill.
    • Arkansas
      • Greene County
      • This Rock Hill is located in Greene County and lies 937 miles [1,508 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rock Hill that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Rock Hill.
      • Sevier 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 Arkansas community of Rock Hill [Sevier County].
    • Florida
      • Broward 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 Florida community of Rock Hill [Broward County].
      • Walton County
      • This Rock Hill is located in Walton County and lies 993 miles [1,598.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rock Hill that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walton County community of Rock Hill.
    • Georgia
      • Early County
      • This Rock Hill is located in Early County and lies 915 miles [1,472.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rock Hill that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Early County community of Rock Hill.
    • Indiana
      • Spencer County
      • This Rock Hill is located in Spencer County and lies 706 miles [1,136.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rock Hill that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spencer County community of Rock Hill.
    • Louisiana
      • Grant Parish
      • This Rock Hill is located in Grant Parish and lies 1,215 miles [1,955.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rock Hill that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant Parish community of Rock Hill.
    • Mississippi
      • Alcorn 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 Mississippi community of Rock Hill [Alcorn County].
      • Covington County
      • This Rock Hill is located in Covington County and lies 1,075 miles [1,730 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rock Hill that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Covington County community of Rock Hill.
      • Forrest County
      • This Rock Hill is located in Forrest County and lies 1,092 miles [1,757.4 km] to the southwest of the Rock Hill that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forrest County community of Rock Hill.
      • Rankin County
      • This Rock Hill is located in Rankin County and lies 1,065 miles [1,714 km] to the west southwest of the Rock Hill that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rankin County community of Rock Hill.
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis County
      • This Rock Hill is located in Saint Louis County and lies 857 miles [1,379.2 km]<1> to the west of the Rock Hill that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Rock Hill.
    • North Carolina
      • Cabarrus 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 North Carolina community of Rock Hill [Cabarrus County].
    • Ohio
      • Belmont County
      • This Rock Hill is located in Belmont County and lies 354 miles [569.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rock Hill that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Belmont County community of Rock Hill.
    • Oregon
      • Linn County
      • This Rock Hill is located in Linn County and lies 2,411 miles [3,880.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rock Hill that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of Rock Hill.
    • South Carolina
      • Fairfield County
      • This Rock Hill is located in Fairfield County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rock Hill that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Rock Hill.
      • York County
      • This Rock Hill is located in York County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km] to the southwest of the Rock Hill that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Rock Hill.
    • Tennessee
      • Hancock County
      • This Rock Hill is located in Hancock County and lies 575 miles [925.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rock Hill that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Rock Hill.
      • Henderson County
      • This Rock Hill is located in Henderson County and lies 846 miles [1,361.5 km] to the west southwest of the Rock Hill that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Rock Hill.
      • Humphreys 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 Tennessee community of Rock Hill [Humphreys County].
      • Sullivan County
      • This Rock Hill is located in Sullivan County and lies 546 miles [878.7 km] to the southwest of the Rock Hill that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Rock Hill.
      • Williamson 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 Tennessee community of Rock Hill [Williamson County].
    • Texas
      • Cherokee County
      • This Rock Hill is located in Cherokee County and lies 1,306 miles [2,101.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rock Hill that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Rock Hill.
      • Collin 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 Texas community of Rock Hill [Collin County].
      • Wood 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 Texas community of Rock Hill [Wood County].
    • Virginia
      • Fauquier County
      • This Rock Hill is located in Fauquier County and lies 251 miles [403.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rock Hill that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fauquier County community of Rock Hill.
      • Loudoun County
      • This Rock Hill is located in Loudoun County and lies 245 miles [394.3 km] to the southwest of the Rock Hill that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudoun County community of Rock Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rock Hill ...

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.

How Far From Rock Hill 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 Rock Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rock Hill and extending to:

  • Monticello, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Rock Hill to Albany, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 228 miles [366.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,681 miles [9,142.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,393 miles [10,288.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,268 miles [6,868.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

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 from Point A (ie- Rock Hill) 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 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 Rock Hill 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>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 Hill 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 Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6257, Longitude: -74.5976    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.199 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.954 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.514 degrees.