Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Glen Rock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glen Rock and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Glen Rock
- 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 Glen Rock:
- 41.516767, -71.602285
- 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 Glen Rock
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Glen Rock is near Kent County and also Newport County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Kent County
- eBird sighting report for Newport 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
Communities Also Named Glen Rock ...
We found four communities that share the name Glen Rock.
Within Rhode Island, the name Glen Rock is unique.
Beyond Rhode Island, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Montana
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glen Rock ...
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.
- Barberville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barberville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barberville
- Barberville is located in Washington County
- Centerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Washington County
- Cooks Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooks Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Corner
- Cooks Corner is located in Kent County
- Fisherville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisherville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville
- Fisherville is located in Washington County
- Hope Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Valley
- Hope Valley is located in Washington County
- Lewis City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewis City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis City
- Lewis City is located in Washington County
- Liberty
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Locustville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locustville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locustville
- Locustville is located in Washington County
- Moscow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Moscow is located in Washington County
- Nooseneck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Peace Dale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Dale
- Peace Dale is located in Washington County
- Rocky Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Brook
- Rocky Brook is located in Washington County
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Tower Hill ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tower Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Hill
- Tower Hill is located in Washington County
- Tuckertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tuckertown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown
- Tuckertown is located in Washington County
- Tug Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tug Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tug Hollow
- Tug Hollow is located in Washington County
- Wood River Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wood River Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood River Junction
- Wood River Junction is located in Washington County
- Woods Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Corner
- Woods Corner is located in Newport County
- Wyoming
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Wyoming is located in Washington County
- Tower Hill ‑ Historic
How Far From Glen Rock to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Glen Rock to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Glen Rock and extending to:
- Wakefield, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Providence, which is the State Capital of Rhode Island, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Glen Rock to Providence, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 338 miles [544 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,559 miles [8,946.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,264 miles [10,080.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,141 miles [6,664.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Glen Rock. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Rhode Island: https://www.ri.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Glen Rock 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Glen Rock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Glen Rock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5168, Longitude: -71.6023 In this case, the coordinates for Glen Rock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Glen Rock 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 304.42 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.931 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.237 degrees. |