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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:
    • 29.091121, -98.680995
    • 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 Rossville
  • 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 Atascosa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Atascosa County
    • Since Rossville is near Bexar County and also Frio County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bexar County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Frio 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 Rossville

Communities Also Named Rossville ...

We found twenty communities that are also named Rossville.

Within Texas, the name Rossville is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of twenty communities that are located 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 882 miles [1,419.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rossville that is located in Atascosa 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 997 miles [1,604.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rossville that is located in Atascosa 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 1,038 miles [1,670.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rossville that is located in Atascosa 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 1,054 miles [1,696.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Rossville that is located in Atascosa 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 710 miles [1,142.6 km]<1> to the north of the Rossville that is located in Atascosa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shawnee County community of Rossville.
    • Manitoba
      • This Rossville lies 1,720 miles [2,768.1 km]<1> to the north of the Rossville that is located in Atascosa County.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Rossville is located in Baltimore County and lies 1,446 miles [2,327.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rossville that is located in Atascosa 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 718 miles [1,155.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rossville that is located in Atascosa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Rossville.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Rossville lies 2,058 miles [3,312 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rossville that is located in Atascosa County.
    • New York
      • Orange County
      • This Rossville is located in Orange County and lies 1,624 miles [2,613.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rossville that is located in Atascosa 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 1,588 miles [2,555.6 km] to the northeast of the Rossville that is located in Atascosa 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 1,118 miles [1,799.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rossville that is located in Atascosa 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 459 miles [738.7 km]<1> to the north of the Rossville that is located in Atascosa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Rossville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • York 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 Pennsylvania community of Rossville [York County].
    • South Carolina
      • Chester County
      • This Rossville is located in Chester County and lies 1,103 miles [1,775.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rossville that is located in Atascosa 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 673 miles [1,083.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rossville that is located in Atascosa 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].

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.

How Far From Rossville 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 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:

  • Jourdanton, which is the Seat of Atascosa County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rossville to Jourdanton, with an average speed<5> 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 four to five hours.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 98 miles [157.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,406 miles [2,262.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 80 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,251 miles [11,669.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,980 miles [12,842.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,857 miles [9,425.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rossville) 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 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 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rossville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.0911, Longitude: -98.6810       In this case, the coordinates for Rossville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.651 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.861 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.808 degrees.