Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Rockingham, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rockingham and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Rockingham
- 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:
- 43.187577, -72.488978
- 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 Rockingham
- 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 Windham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Windham County
- Since Rockingham is near Sullivan County and also Cheshire County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- eBird sighting report for Cheshire 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 Rockingham ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Rockingham.
Within Vermont, the name Rockingham is unique.
Beyond Vermont, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, ten are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Bacon County
- This Rockingham is located in Bacon County and lies 969 miles [1,559.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rockingham that is located in Windham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bacon County community of Rockingham.
- Iowa
- Scott 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 Iowa community of Rockingham [Scott County].
- Kansas
- Pottawatomie 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 Kansas community of Rockingham [Pottawatomie County].
- Missouri
- Ray County
- This Rockingham is located in Ray County and lies 1,132 miles [1,821.8 km]<1> to the west of the Rockingham that is located in Windham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ray County community of Rockingham.
- New Hampshire
- Rockingham County
- This Rockingham is located in Rockingham County and lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the east of the Rockingham that is located in Windham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Rockingham.
- New Jersey
- Middlesex County
- This Rockingham is located in Middlesex County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Rockingham that is located in Windham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Rockingham.
- North Carolina
- Richmond County
- This Rockingham is located in Richmond County and lies 689 miles [1,108.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rockingham that is located in Windham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Rockingham.
- Nova Scotia
- 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 Nova Scotia community of Rockingham.
- Ohio
- Tuscarawas County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Tuscarawas County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of Rockingham.
- Ontario
- This Rockingham lies 290 miles [466.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Rockingham that is located in Windham County.
- Pennsylvania
- Somerset 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 Pennsylvania community of Rockingham [Somerset County].
- Virginia
- Rockingham 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 Virginia community of Rockingham [Rockingham County].
- Georgia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rockingham ...
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.
- Chester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Chester is located in Windsor County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <4>
- Cold River
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold River have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River
- Cold River is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Dodge Tavern
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dodge Tavern have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge Tavern
- Dodge Tavern is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Drewsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewsville
- Drewsville is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Hardscrabble Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hardscrabble Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardscrabble Corner
- Hardscrabble Corner is located in Windsor County
- Hemlock Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hemlock Center have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Center
- Hemlock Center is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Lynn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Mill Hollow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Hollow
- Mill Hollow is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Quaker City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quaker City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Quaker City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Reedville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Spoonerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spoonerville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spoonerville
- Spoonerville is located in Windsor County
How Far From Rockingham 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 Rockingham to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rockingham and extending to:
- Newfane, which is the Seat of Windham County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rockingham to Newfane, with an average speed<6> 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 five to six hours.
- Montpelier, which is the State Capital of Vermont, lies 74 miles [119.1 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 379 miles [609.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,531 miles [8,901.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,245 miles [10,050.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,120 miles [6,630.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rockingham. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Vermont: https://www.vermont.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 from Point A (ie- Rockingham) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rockingham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1876, Longitude: -72.4890 In this case, the coordinates for Rockingham 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 Rockingham, 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 Rockingham 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.719 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.546 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.805 degrees. |