Rockwood (Ontario) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Communities Also Named Rockwood ...

We found 22 communities that share the name Rockwood.

Within Ontario, the name Rockwood is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 22 communities, one is located in Canada and the other 21 communities are located in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Franklin County
  - This Rockwood is located in Franklin County and lies 753 miles [1,211.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Rockwood.
- California
  - Imperial County
  - This Rockwood is located in Imperial County and lies 2,031 miles [3,268.6 km]<1> to the west.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Imperial County community of Rockwood.
- Colorado
  - La Plata County
  - This Rockwood is located in La Plata County and lies 1,503 miles [2,418.8 km]<1> to the west.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Plata County community of Rockwood.
- Illinois
  - Randolph County
  - This Rockwood is located in Randolph County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Rockwood.
- Kentucky
  - Fayette County
  - This Rockwood is located in Fayette County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km]<1> to the south southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Rockwood.
- Maine
  - Somerset County
  - This Rockwood is located in Somerset County and lies 530 miles [853 km]<1> to the east northeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Rockwood.
- Manitoba
  - This Rockwood lies 921 miles [1,482.2 km]<1> to the northwest.
- Michigan
  - Wayne County
  - This Rockwood is located in Wayne County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Rockwood.
- Minnesota
  - Polk 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 Minnesota community of Rockwood [Polk County].
- New Hampshire
  - Cheshire County
  - This Rockwood is located in Cheshire County and lies 404 miles [650.2 km]<1> to the east.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheshire County community of Rockwood.
- New Jersey
  - Atlantic County
  - This Rockwood is located in Atlantic County and lies 390 miles [627.6 km]<1> to the southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atlantic County community of Rockwood.
- New York
  - Fulton County
  - This Rockwood is located in Fulton County and lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<1> to the east.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Rockwood.
- North Carolina
  - Alamance County
  - This Rockwood is located in Alamance County and lies 524 miles [843.3 km]<1> to the south.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alamance County community of Rockwood.
  - Durham 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 Rockwood [Durham County].
- Ohio
  - Lawrence County
  - This Rockwood is located in Lawrence County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<1> to the south southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Rockwood.
- Oregon
  - Multnomah County
  - This Rockwood is located in Multnomah County and lies 2,062 miles [3,318.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Multnomah County community of Rockwood.
- Pennsylvania
  - Lebanon County
  - This Rockwood is located in Lebanon County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km]<1> to the southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lebanon County community of Rockwood.
  - Somerset County
  - This Rockwood is located in Somerset County and lies 260 miles [418.4 km] to the south.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Rockwood.
  - Venango 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 Pennsylvania community of Rockwood [Venango County].
- Tennessee
  - Roane County
  - This Rockwood is located in Roane County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<1> to the south southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Rockwood.
- Texas
  - Coleman County
  - This Rockwood is located in Coleman County and lies 1,338 miles [2,153.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coleman County community of Rockwood.
- Wisconsin
  - Manitowoc County
  - This Rockwood is located in Manitowoc County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<1> to the west.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Manitowoc County community of Rockwood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rockwood ...

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.

Brisbane
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbane
Cedar Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
Centre Inn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Inn
Eden Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Mills
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden Mills <3>
Limehouse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limehouse
Marywood Meadows
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marywood Meadows came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marywood Meadows
Mimosa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa
Priory Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Priory Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priory Park
Rockcut
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockcut
Scotch Block
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Block
Silver Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
Speedwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
Stewarttown Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stewarttown Station came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewarttown Station

How Far From Rockwood 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 Rockwood to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 251 miles [403.9 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Rockwood to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,820 miles [9,366.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,550 miles [10,541.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,428 miles [7,126.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Off-the-Road Links ...

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The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rockwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rockwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6183, Longitude: -80.1450
<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 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 Rockwood 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 . 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>	If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<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 Rockwood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.477 degrees.
<8>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.969 degrees.
<9>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.278 degrees.