Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Rockland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rockland and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Rockland
- 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 Rockland:
- 41.945366, -74.912940
- 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 Rockland
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- Since Rockland is near Delaware County and also Ulster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Delaware County
- eBird sighting report for Ulster 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 Rockland ...
We found 33 communities that share the name Rockland.
There is one other community in New York which is also named Rockland.
Beyond New York, we know of another 32 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 32 communities, 29 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Del Norte County
- This Rockland is located in Del Norte County and lies 2,482 miles [3,994.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Rockland that is located in Sullivan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Del Norte County community of Rockland.
- Shasta County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Shasta County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of Rockland.
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Idaho
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Rockland is located in Baltimore County and lies 198 miles [318.7 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Rockland that is located in Sullivan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Rockland.
- Howard County
- This Rockland is located in Howard County and lies 208 miles [334.7 km] to the south southwest of the Rockland that is located in Sullivan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Rockland.
- Montgomery County
- This Rockland is located in Montgomery County and lies 229 miles [368.5 km] to the south southwest of the Rockland that is located in Sullivan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Rockland.
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Nevada
- Elko County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Elko County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elko County community of Rockland.
- Lyon County
- This community is historic and although located in Lyon County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyon County community of Rockland.
- New Brunswick
- Nova Scotia
- This Rockland lies 553 miles [890 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Rockland that is located in Sullivan County.
- Ohio
- Ontario
- This Rockland lies 248 miles [399.1 km]<2> to the north of the Rockland that is located in Sullivan County.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Quebec
- This Rockland lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Rockland that is located in Sullivan County.
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Greenbrier County
- This Rockland is located in Greenbrier County and lies 415 miles [667.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Rockland that is located in Sullivan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenbrier County community of Rockland.
- Hardy County
- This Rockland is located in Hardy County and lies 286 miles [460.3 km] to the southwest of the Rockland that is located in Sullivan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardy County community of Rockland.
- Wisconsin
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rockland ...
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.
- Beaverkill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaverkill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverkill
- Beaverkill is located in Sullivan County
- Burnwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Butternut Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butternut Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut Grove
- Butternut Grove is located in Delaware County
- Deckertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckertown
- Deckertown is located in Sullivan County
- Downsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Downsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downsville
- Downsville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Downsville <5>
- Elk Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Hazel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Long Flat
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Parksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parksville
- Parksville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parksville <5>
- Peakville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Rock Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Valley
- Rock Valley is located in Delaware County
How Far From Rockland 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 Rockland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rockland and extending to:
- Monticello, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rockland to Monticello, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 76 miles [122.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 238 miles [383 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<7> 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).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,395 miles [10,291.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,270 miles [6,871.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rockland. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Sullivan County: www.co.sullivan.ny.us/
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
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 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 Rockland 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rockland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rockland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9454, Longitude: -74.9129 In this case, the coordinates for Rockland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Rockland, 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Rockland 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 306.355 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.182 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.512 degrees. |