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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 Rogersville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rogersville 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 Rogersville:
    • 42.514790, -77.670827
    • 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 Rogersville
  • 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 Steuben County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben County
    • Since Rogersville is near Livingston County and also Allegany County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Allegany 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 Rogersville

Communities Also Named Rogersville ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named Rogersville.

Within New York, the name Rogersville is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lauderdale County
      • This Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County and lies 741 miles [1,192.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rogersville that is located in Steuben County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Rogersville.
    • California
      • Kern County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Rogersville [Kern County].
    • Indiana
      • Henry County
      • This Rogersville is located in Henry County and lies 432 miles [695.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rogersville that is located in Steuben County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Rogersville.
    • Iowa
      • Benton County
      • This Rogersville is located in Benton County and lies 743 miles [1,195.7 km]<1> to the west of the Rogersville that is located in Steuben County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Rogersville.
    • Kansas
      • Doniphan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rogersville [Doniphan County].
      • Ness 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 Rogersville [Ness County].
      • Washington County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Washington County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Rogersville.
    • Kentucky
      • Hardin County
      • This Rogersville is located in Hardin County and lies 542 miles [872.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rogersville that is located in Steuben County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Rogersville.
    • Massachusetts
      • Middlesex County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Rogersville [Middlesex County].
    • Michigan
      • Genesee County
      • This Rogersville is located in Genesee County and lies 302 miles [486 km]<1> to the west of the Rogersville that is located in Steuben County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Genesee County community of Rogersville.
    • Missouri
      • Chariton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Rogersville [Chariton County].
      • Webster County
      • This Rogersville is located in Webster County and lies 895 miles [1,440.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rogersville that is located in Steuben County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Rogersville.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Rogersville lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rogersville that is located in Steuben County.
    • North Carolina
      • Person County
      • This Rogersville is located in Person County and lies 419 miles [674.3 km]<1> to the south of the Rogersville that is located in Steuben County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Person County community of Rogersville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Greene County
      • This Rogersville is located in Greene County and lies 226 miles [363.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rogersville that is located in Steuben County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Rogersville.
    • Tennessee
      • Hawkins County
      • This Rogersville is located in Hawkins County and lies 508 miles [817.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rogersville that is located in Steuben County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hawkins County community of Rogersville.
    • Wisconsin
      • Fond du Lac County
      • This Rogersville is located in Fond du Lac County and lies 558 miles [898 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rogersville that is located in Steuben County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fond du Lac County community of Rogersville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rogersville ...

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.

  • Bishopville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Bishopville is located in Allegany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishopville
  • Burns
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Burns is located in Allegany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
  • Byersville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Byersville is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
  • Dansville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Gas Spring
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Gas Spring is located in Allegany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas Spring
  • Greenville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenville is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Jobs Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jobs Corner is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs Corner
  • Libertypole
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Libertypole is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertypole
  • Patchinville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Patchinville is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patchinville
  • Reed Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Reed Corners is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Corners
  • Springwater
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)

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

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

  • Bath, which is the Seat of Steuben County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rogersville to Bath, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day 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 198 miles [318.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 251 miles [403.9 km] to the south (S). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,770 miles [9,285.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,491 miles [10,446.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,367 miles [7,028 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Rogersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rogersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Rogersville 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.
<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 Rogersville 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 Rogersville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5148, Longitude: -77.6708       In this case, the coordinates for Rogersville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.999 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.128 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.54 degrees.