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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 Rossville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rossville 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 Rossville:
    • 40.063969, -76.918164
    • 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 Rossville
  • 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 Rossville ...

We found twenty communities that share the name Rossville.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Rossville is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, eighteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Walker County
      • This Rossville is located in Walker County and lies 576 miles [927 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rossville that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Rossville.
    • Illinois
      • Vermilion County
      • This Rossville is located in Vermilion County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km]<1> to the west of the Rossville that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vermilion County community of Rossville.
    • Indiana
      • Clinton County
      • This Rossville is located in Clinton County and lies 510 miles [820.8 km]<1> to the west of the Rossville that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Rossville.
    • Iowa
      • Allamakee County
      • This Rossville is located in Allamakee County and lies 775 miles [1,247.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rossville that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allamakee County community of Rossville.
    • Kansas
      • Crawford 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 Kansas community of Rossville [Crawford County].
      • Shawnee County
      • This Rossville is located in Shawnee County and lies 1,012 miles [1,628.7 km]<1> to the west of the Rossville that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shawnee County community of Rossville.
    • Manitoba
      • This Rossville lies 1,364 miles [2,195.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Rossville that is located in York County.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Rossville is located in Baltimore County and lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Rossville that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Rossville.
    • Missouri
      • Butler County
      • This Rossville is located in Butler County and lies 756 miles [1,216.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rossville that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Rossville.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Rossville lies 636 miles [1,023.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rossville that is located in York County.
    • New York
      • Orange County
      • This Rossville is located in Orange County and lies 182 miles [292.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rossville that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Rossville.
      • Richmond County
      • This Rossville is located in Richmond County and lies 146 miles [235 km] to the east northeast of the Rossville that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Rossville.
    • Ohio
      • Butler 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 Ohio community of Rossville [Butler County].
      • Knox County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Knox County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Rossville.
      • Miami County
      • This Rossville is located in Miami County and lies 386 miles [621.2 km]<1> to the west of the Rossville that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami County community of Rossville.
    • Oklahoma
      • Lincoln County
      • This Rossville is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,135 miles [1,826.6 km]<1> to the west of the Rossville that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Rossville.
    • South Carolina
      • Chester County
      • This Rossville is located in Chester County and lies 438 miles [704.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Rossville that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Rossville.
    • Tennessee
      • Fayette County
      • This Rossville is located in Fayette County and lies 772 miles [1,242.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rossville that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Rossville.
      • Hamilton 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 Rossville [Hamilton County].
    • Texas
      • Atascosa County
      • This Rossville is located in Atascosa County and lies 1,444 miles [2,323.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rossville that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atascosa County community of Rossville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rossville ...

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.

  • Alpine
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alpine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
    • Alpine is located in York County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Alpine
    • From Rossville to Alpine
  • Dover
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Dover is located in York County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,981 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <6>
  • Harmony Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Lewisberry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Maytown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maytown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
    • Maytown is located in York County
  • Mount Pleasant
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Mount Pleasant is located in York County
  • Mount Top
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Pinetown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinetown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinetown
    • Pinetown is located in York County
  • Roseville
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roseville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
    • Roseville is located in York County
  • Stevenstown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stevenstown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenstown
    • Stevenstown is located in York County
  • Uno
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Uno have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno
    • Uno is located in York County

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

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

  • York, which is the Seat of York County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rossville to York, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 15 miles [24.1 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 80 miles [128.7 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,843 miles [9,403.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,553 miles [10,546 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,429 miles [7,127.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>

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- Rossville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rossville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0640, Longitude: -76.9182    
<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 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 Rossville 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>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 Rossville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.
<8>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 Rossville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.739 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.448 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.205 degrees.