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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 Hogan:
30.291351, -81.581758
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.
We found eleven communities that share the name Hogan.
Within Florida, the name Hogan is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Lawrence County
This Hogan is located in Lawrence County and lies 683 miles [1,099.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hogan that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Hogan.
Georgia
Camden County
This Hogan is located in Camden County and lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the north of the Hogan that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Hogan.
Oglethorpe County
This Hogan is located in Oglethorpe County and lies 259 miles [416.8 km] to the north northwest of the Hogan that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oglethorpe County community of Hogan.
Michigan
Mecosta 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 Michigan community of Hogan [Mecosta County].
Washtenaw 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 Michigan community of Hogan [Washtenaw County].
Missouri
Iron County
This Hogan is located in Iron County and lies 721 miles [1,160.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hogan that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iron County community of Hogan.
Montana
Lewis and Clark 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 Montana community of Hogan [Lewis and Clark County].
Nevada
Elko County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Hogan [Elko County].
North Carolina
Rockingham 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 North Carolina community of Hogan [Rockingham County].
Ontario
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 Ontario community of Hogan.
Oregon
Multnomah 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 Oregon community of Hogan [Multnomah County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hogan ...
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.
Chaseville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chaseville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Hogan to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hogan and extending to:
Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Hogan to Tallahassee, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 647 miles [1,041.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,473 miles [10,417.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,151 miles [11,508.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,043 miles [8,115.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
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- Hogan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hogan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2914, Longitude: -81.5818 In this case, the coordinates for Hogan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Hogan 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 Hogan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
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.
<5>
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.
<6>
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 Hogan to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.509 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.181 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.088 degrees.