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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 Hazleton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hazleton 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 Hazleton:
- 42.61746, -91.905604
- 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 Hazleton
- 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 Buchanan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Buchanan County
- Since Hazleton is near Fayette County and also Bremer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bremer 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 Hazleton
Communities Also Named Hazleton ...
We found four communities that are also named Hazleton.
Within Iowa, the name Hazleton is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Gibson County
- This Hazleton is located in Gibson County and lies 365 miles [587.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Hazleton that is located in Buchanan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gibson County community of Hazleton.
- Missouri
- Texas County
- This Hazleton is located in Texas County and lies 351 miles [564.9 km]<1> to the south of the Hazleton that is located in Buchanan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Texas County community of Hazleton.
- Pennsylvania
- Luzerne County
- This Hazleton is located in Luzerne County and lies 826 miles [1,329.3 km]<1> to the east of the Hazleton that is located in Buchanan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Hazleton.
- West Virginia
- Preston County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Hazleton [Preston County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hazleton ...
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.
- Aurora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Aurora is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Doris
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gatesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Gatesville is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
- Independence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Littleton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Littleton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Miner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Miner is located in Bremer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miner
- Otterville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Otterville is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
- Stanley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stanley is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Wise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wise is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
How Far From Hazleton to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Hazleton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hazleton and extending to:
- Independence, which is the Seat of Buchanan County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Hazleton to Independence, with an average speed<4> 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.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 112 miles [180.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 817 miles [1,314.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,298 miles [10,135.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,046 miles [11,339.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,940 miles [7,950.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Hazleton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Hazleton 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Hazleton 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 Hazleton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6175, Longitude: -91.9056 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.328 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.736 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.529 degrees. |
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