Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Rosengrant, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rosengrant and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Rosengrant

• 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 Rosengrant:
  • 41.506466, -75.985478
  • 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 Rosengrant

• 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 Wyoming County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming County
  • Since Rosengrant is near Luzerne County and also Susquehanna County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Luzerne County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Susquehanna 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 Rosengrant

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rosengrant ...

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.

• Carpenter Hollow
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Carpenter Hollow is located in Wyoming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Hollow
• Evans Falls
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
• Falls
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Falls is located in Wyoming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls
• Jenks
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Jenks is located in Wyoming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
• Jenningsville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jenningsville is located in Wyoming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenningsville
• Kaiserville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Kaiserville is located in Wyoming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaiserville
• Kunkle
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Kunkle is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
• Lemon
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Lemon is located in Wyoming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
• Lockville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Lockville is located in Wyoming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockville
• Marcy
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Marcy is located in Wyoming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
• Orange
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Orange is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
• Ruggles
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Ruggles is located in Wyoming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Rosengrant and extending to:

• Tunkhannock, which is the Seat of Wyoming County, lies just to the Northeast.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Rosengrant to Harrisburg, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 188 miles [302.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,744 miles [9,244.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,457 miles [10,391.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,333 miles [6,973.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'