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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 Rockingham Court, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rockingham Court 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 Rockingham Court:
- 37.214305, -79.921981
- 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 Rockingham Court
- 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 Roanoke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roanoke County
- Since Rockingham Court is near Roanoke City and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roanoke City
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Rockingham Court
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rockingham Court ...
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.
- Cedar Bluff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cedar Bluff is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- Chestnut Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Hills is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hills
- Clearbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Clearbrook is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearbrook
- Crescent Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Crescent Heights is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Heights
- Crystal Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal Spring is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Dundee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dundee is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Garden City
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Garden City is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Green Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Green Valley is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Homeland Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Homeland Hills is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Hills
- Hunting Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hunting Hills is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hills
- Jamestown Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jamestown Place is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Place
- Janette Land
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Janette Land is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janette Land
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Leslie
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Leslie is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Mayflower Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mayflower Hills is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Hills
- Mount Pleasant
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Narrows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Narrows is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows
- Peakwood Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Peakwood Hills is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peakwood Hills
- Wildwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wildwood is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Woods Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Woods Crossing is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Crossing
- Yellowstone
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Yellowstone is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowstone
How Far From Rockingham Court 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 Rockingham Court to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Rockingham Court and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Rockingham Court to Richmond, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 195 miles [313.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,092 miles [9,804.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,798 miles [10,940.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,675 miles [7,523.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Rockingham Court) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Rockingham Court 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 Rockingham Court. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2143, Longitude: -79.9220 In this case, the coordinates for Rockingham Court have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.662 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.204 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.513 degrees. |
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