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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 Point of Rocks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Point of Rocks and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Point of Rocks:
    • 41.680654, -108.786626
    • 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 Point of Rocks
  • 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 Sweetwater County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • eBird sighting report for Sweetwater 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 Point of Rocks ...

We found ten communities that share the name Point of Rocks.

There is one other community in Wyoming which is also named Point of Rocks.

Beyond Wyoming, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Wyoming ...
    • Albany County
      • This Point of Rocks is located in Albany County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Point of Rocks that is located in Sweetwater County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albany County community of Point of Rocks.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Maricopa County
      • This Point of Rocks is located in Maricopa County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Point of Rocks that is located in Sweetwater County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Point of Rocks.
      • Yavapai County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Point of Rocks [Yavapai County].
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Point of Rocks [San Bernardino County].
    • Kansas
      • Gray County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Point of Rocks [Gray County].
      • Hodgeman County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Point of Rocks [Hodgeman County].
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • This Point of Rocks is located in Frederick County and lies 1,640 miles [2,639.3 km]<1> to the east of the Point of Rocks that is located in Sweetwater County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Point of Rocks.
    • Nebraska
      • Cheyenne County
      • This Point of Rocks is located in Cheyenne County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the east of the Point of Rocks that is located in Sweetwater County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheyenne County community of Point of Rocks.
    • Nevada
      • Elko County
      • This Point of Rocks is located in Elko County and lies 361 miles [581 km]<1> to the west of the Point of Rocks that is located in Sweetwater County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elko County community of Point of Rocks.
      • Nye County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Point of Rocks.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Point of Rocks ...

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.

  • Bitter Creek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Dines ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dines have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dines
    • Dines is located in Sweetwater County
  • Hallville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hallville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallville
    • Hallville is located in Sweetwater County
  • Reliance
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Rock Springs
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • 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.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Wells
    • Salt Wells is located in Sweetwater County
  • Superior
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Table Rock
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)

How Far From Point of Rocks 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 Point of Rocks to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Point of Rocks and extending to:

  • Green River, which is the Seat of Sweetwater County, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Point of Rocks to Green River, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 209 miles [336.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,673 miles [2,692.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 66 days and walking would take 95 days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,864 miles [11,046.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,631 miles [12,280.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,595 miles [9,004.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Point of Rocks. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Sweetwater County: www.co.sweet.wy.us/

The official website for State of Wyoming: https://www.wyo.gov/

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line 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>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 Point of Rocks 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.
<3>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 Point of Rocks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.
<8>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 Point of Rocks to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.587 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.821 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.892 degrees.




 

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