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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 Rogers Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rogers Hill 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 Rogers Hill:
- 31.731274, -97.198895
- 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 Rogers Hill
- 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 McLennan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McLennan County
- Since Rogers Hill is near Hill County and also Bosque County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hill County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bosque 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 Rogers Hill
Communities Also Named Rogers Hill ...
We found one communities that are also named Rogers Hill.
Within Texas, the name Rogers Hill is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Rogers Hill in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Nova Scotia
- This Rogers Hill lies 2,062 miles [3,318.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rogers Hill that is located in McLennan County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rogers Hill ...
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.
- China Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cottonwood is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Elm Mott
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lacy - Lakeview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leroy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Patrick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Patrick is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick
- Prairie Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Valley is located in Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Valley
- Rock Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Tours
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Tours is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tours
- Waco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Waco is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141,377 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waco <2>
How Far From Rogers Hill 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 Rogers Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rogers Hill and extending to:
- Waco, which is the Seat of McLennan County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rogers Hill to Waco, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 106 miles [170.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,235 miles [1,987.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 49 days and walking would take 71 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,055 miles [11,353.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,787 miles [12,532 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,665 miles [9,116.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rogers Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Rogers Hill 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 Rogers Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7313, Longitude: -97.1989 In this case, the coordinates for Rogers Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.07 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.507 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.949 degrees. |
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