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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 Rock Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rock Mills 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 Rock Mills:
- 38.655120, -78.129444
- 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 Rock Mills
- 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 Rappahannock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rappahannock County
- Since Rock Mills is near Culpeper County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Culpeper County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Rock Mills
Communities Also Named Rock Mills ...
We found four communities that are also named Rock Mills.
Within Virginia, the name Rock Mills is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Randolph County
- This Rock Mills is located in Randolph County and lies 551 miles [886.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rock Mills that is located in Rappahannock County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Rock Mills.
- California
- Alameda 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 California community of Rock Mills [Alameda County].
- Ohio
- Fayette County
- This Rock Mills is located in Fayette County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rock Mills that is located in Rappahannock County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Rock Mills.
- Ontario
- This Rock Mills lies 407 miles [655 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Rock Mills that is located in Rappahannock County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rock Mills ...
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.
- Boston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Eggbornsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eggbornsville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggbornsville
- Five Forks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Five Forks is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Flint Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Homeland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Homeland is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Korea
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Korea is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Korea
- Monumental Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Monumental Mills is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monumental Mills
- Rose Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Round Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Round Hill is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Hill
- Scrabble
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Scrabble is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
- Viewtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
How Far From Rock Mills 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 Rock Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rock Mills and extending to:
- Washington, which is the Seat of Rappahannock County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Rock Mills to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 61 miles [98.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,954 miles [9,582 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,661 miles [10,719.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,537 miles [7,301.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Rock Mills) 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 Rock Mills 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 Rock Mills 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 Rock Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6551, Longitude: -78.1294 In this case, the coordinates for Rock Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.549 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.152 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.265 degrees. |
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