Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hodson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hodson and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hodson
- 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 Hodson:
- 37.996591, -120.685485
- 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 Hodson
- 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 Calaveras County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Calaveras County
- Since Hodson is near Tuolumne County and also Stanislaus County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Tuolumne County
- eBird sighting report for Stanislaus 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 Hodson ...
We found three communities that share the name Hodson.
Within California, the name Hodson is unique.
Beyond California, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Montana
- Nova Scotia
- This Hodson lies 2,950 miles [4,747.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Hodson that is located in Calaveras County.
- Tennessee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hodson ...
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.
- Angels Camp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels Camp
- Angels Camp is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Angels Camp <3>
- Angels City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angels City came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels City
- Angels City is located in Calaveras County
- Black Jack Bluffs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Jack Bluffs have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack Bluffs
- Black Jack Bluffs is located in Tuolumne County
- Copper Cove Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper Cove Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Cove Village
- Copper Cove Village is located in Calaveras County
- Felix
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Fourth Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fourth Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourth Crossing
- Fourth Crossing is located in Calaveras County
- Lost City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Telegraph City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Telegraph City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telegraph City
- Telegraph City is located in Calaveras County
How Far From Hodson to ...
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 Hodson to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<6> community of Hodson once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Hodson and extending to:
- San Andreas, which is the Seat of Calaveras County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Hodson to San Andreas, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 59 miles [95 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 2,338 miles [3,762.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,367 miles [11,856 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 8,135 miles [13,092 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,174 miles [9,936.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Calaveras County: www.co.calaveras.ca.us/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
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 Hodson 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hodson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hodson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9966, Longitude: -120.6855 In this case, the coordinates for Hodson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <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> | 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 Hodson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Hodson 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 338.77 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.442 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.103 degrees. |