|
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hentown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hentown and the surrounding area.
- 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 Hentown:
- 31.279901, -84.836867
- 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 Hentown
- 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 Early County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Early County
- Since Hentown is near Miller County and also Calhoun County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miller County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun 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 Hentown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hentown ...
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.
- Centerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crossroads is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Cuba
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cuba is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Damascus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Enterprise
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Enterprise is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Floydtown ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Floydtown is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floydtown
- Horns Cross Road ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Horns Cross Road is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horns Cross Road
- Jeterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jeterville is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeterville
- Joe Shingler ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Joe Shingler is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joe Shingler
- Jones Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Crossroads is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossroads
- Luke
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Luke is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke
- Rock Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rock Hill is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 248 people
How Far From Hentown 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 Hentown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hentown and extending to:
- Blakely, which is the Seat of Early County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 172 miles [276.8 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Hentown to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about 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 685 miles [1,102.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,573 miles [10,578.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,266 miles [11,693.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,149 miles [8,286.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Hentown) 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 Hentown 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 Hentown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.2799, Longitude: -84.8369 In this case, the coordinates for Hentown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.379 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.478 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.015 degrees. |
|
|