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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 Rosa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rosa 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 Rosa:
    • 34.023737, -82.085398
    • 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 Rosa
  • 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 Greenwood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenwood County
    • Since Rosa is near Edgefield County and also Saluda County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Edgefield County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saluda 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 Rosa

Communities Also Named Rosa ...

We found eight communities that are also named Rosa.

There is one other community in South Carolina that is also named Rosa.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In South Carolina ...
    • Edgefield County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Rosa [Edgefield County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Blount County
      • This Rosa is located in Blount County and lies 252 miles [405.6 km]<2> to the west of the Rosa that is located in Greenwood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Rosa.
    • Arkansas
      • Mississippi County
      • This Rosa is located in Mississippi County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Rosa that is located in Greenwood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of Rosa.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Landry Parish
      • This Rosa is located in Saint Landry Parish and lies 620 miles [997.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Rosa that is located in Greenwood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Landry Parish community of Rosa.
    • Manitoba
      • This Rosa lies 1,292 miles [2,079.3 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Rosa that is located in Greenwood County.
    • Nebraska
      • Nuckolls County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Rosa [Nuckolls County].
    • New Mexico
      • Rio Arriba County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Rosa [Rio Arriba County].
    • Virginia
      • Halifax County
      • This Rosa is located in Halifax County and lies 261 miles [420 km]<2> to the northeast of the Rosa that is located in Greenwood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Halifax County community of Rosa.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rosa ...

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.

  • Fairforest
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Fairforest is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairforest
  • Friendship
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Friendship is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
  • Liberty Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Liberty Hill is located in McCormick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
  • Lime Stone ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Lime Stone is located in Edgefield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Stone
  • Limestone
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Limestone is located in Edgefield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
  • Mayson Crossroads
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Mayson Crossroads is located in Edgefield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayson Crossroads
  • Meeting Street
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Meeting Street is located in Edgefield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeting Street
  • Pleasant Lane
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Lane is located in Edgefield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lane
  • Rushville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Rushville is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
  • Sand Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Sand Ridge is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
  • Wisewood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Wisewood is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisewood

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Rosa once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Rosa and extending to:

  • Greenwood, which is the Seat of Greenwood County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rosa to Greenwood, with an average speed<4> 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.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 60 miles [96.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 437 miles [703.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,328 miles [10,183.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,025 miles [11,305.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,905 miles [7,893.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Rosa 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- Rosa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Rosa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Rosa 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 Rosa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0237, Longitude: -82.0854       In this case, the coordinates for Rosa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.924 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.186 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.325 degrees.