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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 Rosario, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rosario 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 Rosario:
- 48.648715, -122.876016
- 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 Rosario
- 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 San Juan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Juan County
- Since Rosario is near Skagit County and also Whatcom County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Skagit County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whatcom 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 Rosario
Communities Also Named Rosario ...
We found four communities that are also named Rosario.
There is one other community in Washington that is also named Rosario.
Beyond Washington, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Washington ...
- Skagit County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Rosario [Skagit County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Mexico
- Bernalillo County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Rosario [Bernalillo County].
- Sandoval County
- Although located in Sandoval County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sandoval County community of Rosario.
- Santa Fe County
- This Rosario is located in Santa Fe County and lies 1,241 miles [1,997.2 km]<2> to the southeast of the Rosario that is located in San Juan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Fe County community of Rosario.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rosario ...
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.
- Argyle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Argyle is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Deer Harbor
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Doe Bay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Doe Bay is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Bay
- Dolphin
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dolphin is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolphin
- Friday Harbor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Village is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Orcas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Urban
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Urban is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urban
How Far From Rosario 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 Rosario to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rosario and extending to:
- Friday Harbor, which is the Seat of San Juan County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rosario to Friday Harbor, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 111 miles [178.6 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,343 miles [3,770.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 134 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,713 miles [10,803.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,474 miles [12,028.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,612 miles [9,031.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rosario 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. |
| <2> | 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- Rosario) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rosario 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 Rosario. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.6487, Longitude: -122.8760 In this case, the coordinates for Rosario have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.37 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.056 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.037 degrees. |
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