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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 Rockledge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rockledge and the surrounding area.
- 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 Rockledge:
- 40.081391, -75.090020
- 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 Rockledge
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Rockledge is near Philadelphia County and also Bucks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Philadelphia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks 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 Rockledge
Communities Also Named Rockledge ...
We found seven communities that are also named Rockledge.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Rockledge is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Etowah County
- This Rockledge is located in Etowah County and lies 733 miles [1,179.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rockledge that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Rockledge.
- Arizona
- Coconino County
- This Rockledge is located in Coconino County and lies 2,008 miles [3,231.6 km]<1> to the west of the Rockledge that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coconino County community of Rockledge.
- Florida
- Brevard County
- This Rockledge is located in Brevard County and lies 873 miles [1,405 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Rockledge that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brevard County community of Rockledge.
- Georgia
- Laurens County
- This Rockledge is located in Laurens County and lies 675 miles [1,086.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rockledge that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laurens County community of Rockledge.
- Tennessee
- Coffee 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 Tennessee community of Rockledge [Coffee County].
- Franklin County
- This Rockledge is located in Franklin County and lies 684 miles [1,100.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rockledge that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Rockledge.
- Texas
- Donley County
- This Rockledge is located in Donley County and lies 1,441 miles [2,319.1 km]<1> to the west of the Rockledge that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Donley County community of Rockledge.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rockledge ...
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.
- Blue Grass
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Blue Grass is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Grass
- Branchtown ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cedarbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cedarbrook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarbrook
- Coventry House
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coventry House is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry House
- Crescentville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fern Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fern Rock is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Rock
- Fern Rock Station ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fox Chase
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fox Chase is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase
- Harrisburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harrisburg is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Hillside ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hillside is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Jenkintown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Kennedy House
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Kennedy House is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy House
- Lawn Crest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lawn Crest is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawn Crest
- Lawncrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lawncrest is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawncrest
- Lawndale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lawndale is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
- Meadowbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Milestown ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Noble
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Lane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Lane is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Lane
- Oaklane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oaklane is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklane
- Pauls Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pauls Run is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauls Run
- Pennypack
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pennypack is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennypack
- Summerdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Summerdale is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerdale
- Volunteertown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Volunteertown is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteertown
- Walnut Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Walnut Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
How Far From Rockledge 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 Rockledge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rockledge and extending to:
- Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rockledge to Norristown, with an average speed<4> 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.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 95 miles [152.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 132 miles [212.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,765 miles [9,277.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,471 miles [10,414.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,348 miles [6,997.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Rockledge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Rockledge 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Rockledge 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 Rockledge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0814, Longitude: -75.0900 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.648 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.215 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.408 degrees. |
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