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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 Hutchins, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hutchins 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 Hutchins:
    • 33.841786, -83.167930
    • 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 Hutchins
  • 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 Oglethorpe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oglethorpe County
    • Since Hutchins is near Oconee County and also Clarke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oconee County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarke 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 Hutchins

Communities Also Named Hutchins ...

We found nine communities that are also named Hutchins.

Within Georgia, the name Hutchins is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Yuba County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Yuba County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yuba County community of Hutchins.
    • Iowa
      • Hancock County
      • This Hutchins is located in Hancock County and lies 860 miles [1,384 km]<2> to the northwest of the Hutchins that is located in Oglethorpe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Hutchins.
    • Kansas
      • Scott County
      • This Hutchins is located in Scott County and lies 1,037 miles [1,668.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Hutchins that is located in Oglethorpe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Hutchins.
    • Mississippi
      • Adams 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 Mississippi community of Hutchins [Adams County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • McKean County
      • This Hutchins is located in McKean County and lies 593 miles [954.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Hutchins that is located in Oglethorpe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKean County community of Hutchins.
    • Texas
      • Dallas County
      • This Hutchins is located in Dallas County and lies 785 miles [1,263.3 km]<2> to the west of the Hutchins that is located in Oglethorpe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Hutchins.
    • Vermont
      • Franklin 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 Vermont community of Hutchins [Franklin County].
      • Orleans County
      • This Hutchins is located in Orleans County and lies 945 miles [1,520.8 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Hutchins that is located in Oglethorpe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans County community of Hutchins.
    • Virginia
      • Chesapeake City
      • This Hutchins is located in Chesapeake City and lies 439 miles [706.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Hutchins that is located in Oglethorpe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesapeake City community of Hutchins.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hutchins ...

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.

  • Arnoldsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Bowling Green ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Bowling Green is located in Oglethorpe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
  • Cedar Bluff
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Bluff is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
  • Cedar Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Creek is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
  • Cherokee Corner ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cherokee Corner is located in Oglethorpe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Corner
  • Hickory Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Hickory Point is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Point
  • Hogan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hogan is located in Oglethorpe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogan
  • Hunters Ridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hunters Ridge is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Ridge
  • Maxeys
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Old Mill Chase
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Old Mill Chase is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mill Chase
  • Overlook Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Overlook Lake is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Lake
  • Pioneer Woods
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Pioneer Woods is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Woods
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Red Fox
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Red Fox is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Fox
    • Rock and Shoals
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Rock and Shoals is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock and Shoals
    • Rose Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Rose Hill is located in Oconee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
    • Sandy Cross
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Sandy Cross is located in Oglethorpe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Cross
    • Shadow Moss
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Shadow Moss is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Moss
    • Windfall Heights
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Windfall Heights is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall Heights
    • Winter Hills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Winter Hills is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Hills
    • Winterville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)

How Far From Hutchins 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 Hutchins to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Lexington, which is the Seat of Oglethorpe County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Hutchins to Atlanta, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take three full days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 487 miles [783.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,383 miles [10,272.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,082 miles [11,397.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,961 miles [7,984 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 Hutchins, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 from Point A (ie- Hutchins) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Hutchins 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Hutchins 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 Hutchins. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8418, Longitude: -83.1679       In this case, the coordinates for Hutchins have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.545 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.874 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.789 degrees.