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.
- 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:
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Luzerne County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
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)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carpenter Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Hollow
- Carpenter Hollow is located in Wyoming County
- Evans Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Evans Falls. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
- Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Jenks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- Jenks is located in Wyoming County
- Jenningsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jenningsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenningsville
- Jenningsville is located in Wyoming County
- Kaiserville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kaiserville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaiserville
- Kaiserville is located in Wyoming County
- Kunkle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Lemon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Lockville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Marcy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Orange
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Orange is located in Luzerne County
- Ruggles
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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<3> 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]<3> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Rosengrant to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- 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).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rosengrant. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <3> | 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- Rosengrant) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rosengrant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5065, Longitude: -75.9855 In this case, the coordinates for Rosengrant have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Rosengrant to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.053 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.90 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.192 degrees. |