Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Santa Rosa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Santa Rosa and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Santa Rosa
- 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 Santa Rosa:
- 26.352289, -98.769193
- 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 Santa 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 Starr County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Starr County
- Since Santa Rosa is near Hidalgo County and also Zapata County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hidalgo County
- eBird sighting report for Zapata 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 Santa Rosa ...
We found ten communities that share the name Santa Rosa.
There is one other community in Texas which is also named Santa Rosa.
Beyond Texas, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Cameron County
- This Santa Rosa is located in Cameron County and lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the east of the Santa Rosa that is located in Starr County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cameron County community of Santa Rosa.
- Cameron County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Pima County
- This Santa Rosa is located in Pima County and lies 898 miles [1,445.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Santa Rosa that is located in Starr County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pima County community of Santa Rosa.
- California
- Riverside County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Santa Rosa [Riverside County].
- San Luis Obispo County
- This Santa Rosa is located in San Luis Obispo County and lies 1,459 miles [2,348 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Santa Rosa that is located in Starr County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Luis Obispo County community of Santa Rosa.
- Santa Barbara County
- This Santa Rosa is located in Santa Barbara County and lies 1,397 miles [2,248.3 km] to the west northwest of the Santa Rosa that is located in Starr County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Barbara County community of Santa Rosa.
- Sonoma County
- This Santa Rosa is located in Sonoma County and lies 1,619 miles [2,605.5 km] to the northwest of the Santa Rosa that is located in Starr County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sonoma County community of Santa Rosa.
- Florida
- Walton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Santa Rosa [Walton County].
- Mississippi
- Hancock County
- This Santa Rosa is located in Hancock County and lies 621 miles [999.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Santa Rosa that is located in Starr County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Santa Rosa.
- Missouri
- DeKalb County
- This Santa Rosa is located in DeKalb County and lies 976 miles [1,570.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Santa Rosa that is located in Starr County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Santa Rosa.
- New Mexico
- Guadalupe County
- This Santa Rosa is located in Guadalupe County and lies 688 miles [1,107.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Santa Rosa that is located in Starr County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guadalupe County community of Santa Rosa.
- Arizona
Curious and Interesting Names Near Santa 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.
- Airport Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Airport Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Heights
- Airport Heights is located in Starr County
- Hilltop
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Joseph Griggs Colonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joseph Griggs Colonia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph Griggs Colonia
- Joseph Griggs Colonia is located in Starr County
- Manuel Garcia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manuel Garcia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manuel Garcia
- Manuel Garcia is located in Starr County
- Manuel Garcia has also been known as:
- Manuel Garcia Colonia
- Mikes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Mitchell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Ratcliff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Salmon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Sammy Martinez
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sammy Martinez have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammy Martinez
- Sammy Martinez is located in Starr County
- Sammy Martinez has also been known as:
- Sammy Martinez Colonia
How Far From Santa 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 Santa Rosa to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Santa Rosa and extending to:
- Rio Grande City, which is the Seat of Starr County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 277 miles [445.8 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Santa Rosa to Austin, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,525 miles [2,454.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 87 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,401 miles [11,910.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,121 miles [13,069.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,996 miles [9,649.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Santa Rosa. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
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- Santa Rosa) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Santa Rosa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.3523, Longitude: -98.7692 In this case, the coordinates for Santa Rosa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Santa Rosa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Santa 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Santa Rosa to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.206 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.985 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.984 degrees. |