Nearest Communities to Point of Rocks,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Point of Rocks, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Point of Rocks:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Point of Rocks.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Point of Rocks is located in Sweetwater County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sweetwater County: Moffat (CO), Daggett (UT), Summit (UT), Carbon, Fremont, Lincoln, Sublette & Uinta.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 29 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Point of Rocks.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Point of Rocks (which is Sweetwater County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Point of Rocks
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Sweetwater County (where Point of Rocks resides)
- County Website: www.co.sweet.wy.us/
- County Seat for Sweetwater: Green River
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wyoming
- Sweetwater County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wyoming
- Sweetwater County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wyoming
- Sweetwater County
- Nearest Communities to Point of Rocks ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Point of Rocks.
- Hallville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Thayer Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thayer Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer Junction
- Thayer Junction is located in Sweetwater County
- South Superior
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Superior have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Superior
- South Superior is located in Sweetwater County
- Superior
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Superior is located in Sweetwater County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Superior <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Superior
- From Point of Rocks to Superior
- Black Buttes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Buttes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Buttes
- Black Buttes is located in Sweetwater County
- Salt Wells
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salt Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Wells
- Salt Wells is located in Sweetwater County
- Bitter Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bitter Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitter Creek
- Bitter Creek is located in Sweetwater County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Bitter Creek
- From Point of Rocks to Bitter Creek
- Monell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east) - Baxter
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Sweeney Ranch
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweeney Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeney Ranch
- Sweeney Ranch is located in Sweetwater County
- Dines ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west) - Stansbury ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west) - Continue List (17 more) ...
- Winton ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west) - Table Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
- Table Rock is located in Sweetwater County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Table Rock
- From Point of Rocks to Table Rock
- Reliance
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Reliance is located in Sweetwater County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reliance <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Reliance
- From Point of Rocks to Reliance
- J O Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for J O Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for J O Junction
- J O Junction is located in Sweetwater County
- Arrowhead Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Springs
- Arrowhead Springs is located in Sweetwater County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Arrowhead Springs
- From Point of Rocks to Arrowhead Springs
- Rock Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Rock Springs is located in Sweetwater County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22,943 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rock Springs <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Rock Springs
- From Point of Rocks to Rock Springs
- Robinson
(23 miles [37 km] to the east) - Winton Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winton Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton Junction
- Winton Junction is located in Sweetwater County
- Quealy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quealy
- Quealy is located in Sweetwater County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Quealy
- From Point of Rocks to Quealy
- Blairtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west) - North Rock Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rock Springs
- North Rock Springs is located in Sweetwater County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to North Rock Springs
- From Point of Rocks to North Rock Springs
- Clearview Acres
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview Acres
- Clearview Acres is located in Sweetwater County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Clearview Acres
- From Point of Rocks to Clearview Acres
- Tipton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tipton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Tipton is located in Sweetwater County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Tipton
- From Point of Rocks to Tipton
- Fort LaClede ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort LaClede have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort LaClede
- Fort LaClede is located in Sweetwater County
- South Baxter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Baxter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Baxter
- South Baxter is located in Sweetwater County
- Purple Sage
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purple Sage
- Purple Sage is located in Sweetwater County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Purple Sage
- From Point of Rocks to Purple Sage
- Kanda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Winton ‑ Historic
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Point of Rocks) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Point of Rocks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6807, Longitude: -108.7866 |
| <2> | Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking. 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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |