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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 Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rock Point 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 Point:
    • 42.432066, -123.098939
    • 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 Rock Point
  • 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 Rock Point ...

We found five communities that share the name Rock Point.

Within Oregon, the name Rock Point is unique.

Beyond Oregon, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Apache County
      • This Rock Point is located in Apache County and lies 817 miles [1,314.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Rock Point that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Apache County community of Rock Point.
    • Maryland
      • Charles County
      • This Rock Point is located in Charles County and lies 2,420 miles [3,894.6 km]<1> to the east of the Rock Point that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Rock Point.
    • Nevada
      • Lyon County
      • This community is historic<2> 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 Rock Point.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Beaver 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 Pennsylvania community of Rock Point [Beaver County].
      • Lawrence County
      • This Rock Point is located in Lawrence County and lies 2,186 miles [3,518 km]<1> to the east of the Rock Point that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Rock Point.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rock Point ...

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.

  • Central Point
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Point
    • Central Point is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,117 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central Point <5>
  • Foots Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foots Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Creek
    • Foots Creek is located in Jackson County
  • Fruitdale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruitdale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
    • Fruitdale is located in Josephine County
  • Gold Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Rogue River
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rogue River have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogue River
    • Rogue River is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,340 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogue River <5>
  • Sams Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sams Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Valley
    • Sams Valley is located in Jackson County
  • Seven Oaks
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
    • Seven Oaks is located in Jackson County
  • Starvation Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Starvation Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starvation Heights
    • Starvation Heights is located in Jackson County
  • Table Rock
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Table Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
    • Table Rock is located in Jackson County
  • Table Rock Station
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Table Rock Station have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock Station
    • Table Rock Station is located in Jackson County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Rock Point once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Rock Point and extending to:

  • Medford, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rock Point to Medford, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 173 miles [278.4 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,395 miles [3,854.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 136 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,123 miles [11,463.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,887 miles [12,692.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,983 miles [9,628.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>

The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rock Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rock Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4321, Longitude: -123.0989       In this case, the coordinates for Rock Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Rock Point, 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 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 Rock Point 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>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 Rock Point 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 341.197 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.558 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.528 degrees.




 

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