| Rocky River Township | former township in SW Cabarrus County, now township no. 1. |
| Rocky Run | rises in SE Alamance County and flows SW into Hobby Branch. |
| Rocky Run | rises in W Craven County and flows NE into Hayward Creek. |
| Rocky Run | rises in E Onslow County and flows NW into Little Northeast Creek. |
| Rocky Shoal Branch | rises in S Ashe County and flows SE into South Fork New River. |
| Rocky Spring Top | on the Cherokee-Graham county line in the Snowbird Mountains. |
| Rocky Springs | community in NE Alexander County. Alt. approx. 1,150. York Collegiate Institute was operated there 1856-58 by Brantley York, one of the founders of Trinity College in Randolph County, which later became Duke University. |
| Rocky Springs | community in SW Rockingham County. Name in use during Revolutionary War when soldiers mustered there. A post office est. there 1810; closed 1905. |
| Rocky Springs Township | SE Montgomery County. |
| Rocky Swamp | rises in W Halifax County and flows SE into Fishing Creek. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. |