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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 Rosehill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rosehill 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 Rosehill:
    • 41.287165, -112.079942
    • 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 Rosehill
  • 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 Weber County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Weber County
    • Since Rosehill is near Box Elder County and also Davis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Box Elder County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Davis 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 Rosehill

Communities Also Named Rosehill ...

We found eight communities that are also named Rosehill.

Within Utah, the name Rosehill is unique.

Beyond Utah, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, five are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Walker County
      • This Rosehill is located in Walker County and lies 1,435 miles [2,309.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Rosehill that is located in Weber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Rosehill.
    • Indiana
      • Wabash 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 Indiana community of Rosehill [Wabash County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Rosehill lies 2,285 miles [3,677.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rosehill that is located in Weber County.
    • Oklahoma
      • Roger Mills County
      • This Rosehill is located in Roger Mills County and lies 777 miles [1,250.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Rosehill that is located in Weber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roger Mills County community of Rosehill.
    • Ontario
      • This Rosehill lies 1,628 miles [2,620 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rosehill that is located in Weber County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia 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 Rosehill [Philadelphia County].
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Rosehill lies 2,388 miles [3,843.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rosehill that is located in Weber County.
    • South Carolina
      • Dorchester County
      • This Rosehill is located in Dorchester County and lies 1,834 miles [2,951.5 km]<1> to the east of the Rosehill that is located in Weber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Rosehill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rosehill ...

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.

  • Cinnamon Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Cinnamon Park is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Park
  • Downs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Downs is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs
  • Hunting Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Hunting Creek is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Creek
  • Irene
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Irene is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irene
  • Jillville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jillville is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jillville
  • King Place
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • King Place is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Place
  • Misty Meadows
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Misty Meadows is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Meadows
  • Mountain Shadows
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mountain Shadows is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Shadows
  • Pioneer Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Pioneer Village is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
  • Plain City
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Plain City is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,862 people
  • Pleasant View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant View is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,808 people
  • Slaterville ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Slaterville is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaterville
  • Willow Wood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Willow Wood is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Wood
  • Willowcreek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Willowcreek is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowcreek

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rosehill and extending to:

  • Ogden, which is the Seat of Weber County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Rosehill to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,845 miles [2,969.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 105 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,971 miles [11,218.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,739 miles [12,454.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,724 miles [9,211.9 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 from Point A (ie- Rosehill) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Rosehill 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 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 Rosehill 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 Rosehill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2872, Longitude: -112.0799       In this case, the coordinates for Rosehill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.122 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.763 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.839 degrees.