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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 Rockledge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rockledge 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 Rockledge:
- 35.175327, -100.819309
- 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 Rockledge
- 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 Donley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Donley County
- Since Rockledge is near Gray County and also Carson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gray County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carson 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 Rockledge
Communities Also Named Rockledge ...
We found seven communities that are also named Rockledge.
Within Texas, the name Rockledge is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Etowah County
- This Rockledge is located in Etowah County and lies 838 miles [1,348.6 km]<1> to the east of the Rockledge that is located in Donley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Rockledge.
- Arizona
- Coconino County
- This Rockledge is located in Coconino County and lies 601 miles [967.2 km]<1> to the west of the Rockledge that is located in Donley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coconino County community of Rockledge.
- Florida
- Brevard County
- This Rockledge is located in Brevard County and lies 1,268 miles [2,040.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Rockledge that is located in Donley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brevard County community of Rockledge.
- Georgia
- Laurens County
- This Rockledge is located in Laurens County and lies 1,055 miles [1,697.9 km]<1> to the east of the Rockledge that is located in Donley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laurens County community of Rockledge.
- Pennsylvania
- Montgomery County
- This Rockledge is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,441 miles [2,319.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rockledge that is located in Donley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Rockledge.
- Tennessee
- Coffee 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 Rockledge [Coffee County].
- Franklin County
- This Rockledge is located in Franklin County and lies 837 miles [1,347 km]<1> to the east of the Rockledge that is located in Donley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Rockledge.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rockledge ...
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.
- Back
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Back is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back
- Goodnight
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Groom
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Heaton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Heaton is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton
- Howardwick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Howardwick is located in Donley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
- Kingsmill ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsmill is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsmill
- Kingsmill Camp
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsmill Camp is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsmill Camp
- Lark
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lark is located in Carson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lark
How Far From Rockledge 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 Rockledge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rockledge and extending to:
- Clarendon, which is the Seat of Donley County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rockledge to Clarendon, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 383 miles [616.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,331 miles [2,142 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 52 days and walking would take 76 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,998 miles [11,262.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,747 miles [12,467.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,641 miles [9,078.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Rockledge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rockledge 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Rockledge 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 Rockledge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1753, Longitude: -100.8193 In this case, the coordinates for Rockledge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.007 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.387 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.294 degrees. |
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