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 Rose Point:
47.854817, -122.509585
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 Rose Point
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 Kitsap County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Rose Point.
There is one other community in Washington that is also named Rose Point.
Beyond Washington, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, .
Communities Located In Washington ...
Mason County
This Rose Point is located in Mason County and lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Rose Point that is located in Kitsap County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Rose Point.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Ontario
This Rose Point lies 1,997 miles [3,213.9 km]<1> to the east of the Rose Point that is located in Kitsap County.
Pennsylvania
Lawrence County
This Rose Point is located in Lawrence County and lies 2,112 miles [3,398.9 km]<1> to the east of the Rose Point that is located in Kitsap County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Rose Point.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rose Point ...
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.
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 Rose Point to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rose Point and extending to:
Port Orchard, which is the Seat of Kitsap County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rose Point to Port Orchard, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 59 miles [95 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,328 miles [3,746.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 133 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,760 miles [10,879.2 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 7,521 miles [12,103.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,649 miles [9,091.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Rose Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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 Rose Point 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 Rose Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.8548, Longitude: -122.5096 In this case, the coordinates for Rose Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.032 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.625 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.857 degrees.