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 Rockbridge:
39.582980, -82.521738
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 Rockbridge
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 Hocking County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found six communities that are also named Rockbridge.
Within Ohio, the name Rockbridge is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Gwinnett County
This Rockbridge is located in Gwinnett County and lies 407 miles [655 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Rockbridge that is located in Hocking County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Rockbridge.
Illinois
Greene County
This Rockbridge is located in Greene County and lies 410 miles [659.8 km]<1> to the west of the Rockbridge that is located in Hocking County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Rockbridge.
Kentucky
Monroe County
This Rockbridge is located in Monroe County and lies 258 miles [415.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rockbridge that is located in Hocking County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Rockbridge.
Missouri
Ozark County
This Rockbridge is located in Ozark County and lies 569 miles [915.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rockbridge that is located in Hocking County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ozark County community of Rockbridge.
South Carolina
Richland County
This Rockbridge is located in Richland County and lies 391 miles [629.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Rockbridge that is located in Hocking County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Rockbridge.
Wisconsin
Richland County
This Rockbridge is located in Richland County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Rockbridge that is located in Hocking County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Rockbridge.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rockbridge ...
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.
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 Rockbridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rockbridge and extending to:
Logan, which is the Seat of Hocking County, lies just to the East Southeast.
Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Rockbridge to Columbus, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over 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.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 297 miles [478 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,094 miles [9,807.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,814 miles [10,966.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,690 miles [7,547.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Rockbridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>
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.
<4>
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 Rockbridge 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 Rockbridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5830, Longitude: -82.5217
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.182 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.289 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.857 degrees.