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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 Hendricks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hendricks 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 Hendricks:
    • 32.939297, -84.466589
    • 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.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Hendricks
  • 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 Upson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Upson County
    • Since Hendricks is near Pike County and also Talbot County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Talbot 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Hendricks

Communities Also Named Hendricks ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Hendricks.

Within Georgia, the name Hendricks is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Blount County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Hendricks [Blount County].
    • Colorado
      • Fremont County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Hendricks [Fremont County].
    • Indiana
      • Johnson County
      • This Hendricks is located in Johnson County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km]<2> to the north of the Hendricks that is located in Upson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Hendricks.
    • Kansas
      • Allen County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Hendricks [Allen County].
      • Finney 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 Hendricks [Finney County].
    • Kentucky
      • Magoffin County
      • This Hendricks is located in Magoffin County and lies 337 miles [542.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Hendricks that is located in Upson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Magoffin County community of Hendricks.
    • Michigan
      • Delta County
      • This Hendricks is located in Delta County and lies 913 miles [1,469.3 km]<2> to the north of the Hendricks that is located in Upson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delta County community of Hendricks.
    • Minnesota
      • Lincoln County
      • This Hendricks is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,024 miles [1,648 km]<2> to the northwest of the Hendricks that is located in Upson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Hendricks.
    • Oregon
      • Lane County
      • This Hendricks is located in Lane County and lies 2,194 miles [3,530.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Hendricks that is located in Upson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lane County community of Hendricks.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Montgomery County
      • This Hendricks is located in Montgomery County and lies 711 miles [1,144.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Hendricks that is located in Upson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Hendricks.
    • South Carolina
      • Pickens County
      • This Hendricks is located in Pickens County and lies 174 miles [280 km]<2> to the northeast of the Hendricks that is located in Upson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickens County community of Hendricks.
    • Texas
      • Rusk County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Hendricks [Rusk County].
    • West Virginia
      • Tucker County
      • This Hendricks is located in Tucker County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Hendricks that is located in Upson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tucker County community of Hendricks.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hendricks ...

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.

  • Bulloch Crossroads
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bulloch Crossroads is located in Meriwether County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulloch Crossroads
  • Clearwater Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Clearwater Springs is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater Springs
  • Crest
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Crest is located in Upson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crest
  • Ellerbeetown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Ellerbeetown is located in Upson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellerbeetown
  • Jacks Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jacks Ferry is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Ferry
  • Jones Settlement
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jones Settlement is located in Upson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Settlement
  • Lincoln Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
    • Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
  • Neal
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Neal is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
  • Pleasant Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Rose Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Rose Hill is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
  • Silvertown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Silvertown is located in Upson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvertown

How Far From Hendricks to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hendricks to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Thomaston, which is the Seat of Upson County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Hendricks to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 584 miles [939.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,480 miles [10,428.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,179 miles [11,553.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,059 miles [8,141.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Hendricks 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hendricks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Hendricks to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hendricks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9393, Longitude: -84.4666       In this case, the coordinates for Hendricks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.262 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.574 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.509 degrees.