Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hortense, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hortense and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hortense
- 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 Hortense:
- 31.336239, -81.955476
- 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 Hortense
- 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 Brantley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Brantley County
- Since Hortense is near Wayne County and also Pierce County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- eBird sighting report for Pierce 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 Hortense ...
We found five communities that share the name Hortense.
Within Georgia, the name Hortense is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Missouri
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Polk County
- This Hortense is located in Polk County and lies 754 miles [1,213.4 km]<2> to the west of the Hortense that is located in Brantley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Hortense.
- Tom Green County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Hortense [Tom Green County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hortense ...
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.
- Happy Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Happy Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Landing
- Happy Landing is located in Brantley County
- Leake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Needmore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Offerman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Offerman
- Offerman is located in Pierce County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 438 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Offerman <5>
- Otter Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otter Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Otter Creek is located in Pierce County
- Popwellville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Popwellville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popwellville
- Popwellville is located in Brantley County
- Estimated population in 2019: 692 people
- Prosperity
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prosperity have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Prosperity is located in Brantley County
- Sun Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Trudie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
How Far From Hortense 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 Hortense to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hortense and extending to:
- Nahunta, which is the Seat of Brantley County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Hortense to Nahunta, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 218 miles [350.8 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 591 miles [951.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,443 miles [10,369 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,127 miles [11,469.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,015 miles [8,070.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hortense. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Brantley County: www.brantleycounty.org/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Hortense, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hortense) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hortense. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3362, Longitude: -81.9555 |
| <3> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Hortense 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. |
| <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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Hortense to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.763 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.62 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.966 degrees. |