Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hoganville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hoganville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hoganville
- 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 Hoganville:
- 31.557406, -83.489330
- 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 Hoganville
- 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 Tift County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Tift County
- Since Hoganville is near Irwin County and also Turner County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Irwin County
- eBird sighting report for Turner 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hoganville ...
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.
- Ferry Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferry Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Lake
- Ferry Lake is located in Tift County
- Flat Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Irwinville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irwinville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwinville
- Irwinville is located in Irwin County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irwinville <2>
- Kelltown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Mystic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mystic have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
- Mystic is located in Irwin County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mystic <2>
- Pebblebrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pebblebrook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebblebrook
- Pebblebrook is located in Tift County
- Sunsweet
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Ty Ty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ty Ty
- Ty Ty is located in Tift County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 731 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ty Ty <2>
- Unionville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Unionville is located in Tift County
How Far From Hoganville 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 Hoganville 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<3> community of Hoganville once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Hoganville and extending to:
- Tifton, which is the Seat of Tift County, lies just to the South.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<4> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Hoganville to Atlanta, 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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 623 miles [1,002.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,501 miles [10,462.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,191 miles [11,572.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,075 miles [8,167.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Tift County: www.tiftcounty.org/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Hoganville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hoganville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hoganville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5574, Longitude: -83.4893 In this case, the coordinates for Hoganville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Hoganville 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 311.63 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.651 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.462 degrees. |