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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 Hatch, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hatch 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 Hatch:
- 42.819362, -111.852179
- 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 Hatch
- 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 Caribou County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caribou County
- Since Hatch is near Bannock County and also Bingham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bannock County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bingham 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 Hatch
Communities Also Named Hatch ...
We found eight communities that are also named Hatch.
Within Idaho, the name Hatch is unique.
Beyond Idaho, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Stanislaus County
- This Hatch is located in Stanislaus County and lies 604 miles [972 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hatch that is located in Caribou County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stanislaus County community of Hatch.
- Missouri
- Ralls County
- This Hatch is located in Ralls County and lies 1,071 miles [1,723.6 km]<1> to the east of the Hatch that is located in Caribou County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ralls County community of Hatch.
- New Mexico
- Dona Ana County
- This Hatch is located in Dona Ana County and lies 746 miles [1,200.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Hatch that is located in Caribou County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dona Ana County community of Hatch.
- Ohio
- Pike County
- This Hatch is located in Pike County and lies 1,511 miles [2,431.7 km]<1> to the east of the Hatch that is located in Caribou County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Hatch.
- Tennessee
- Roane 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 Tennessee community of Hatch [Roane County].
- Utah
- Davis County
- This Hatch is located in Davis County and lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<1> to the south of the Hatch that is located in Caribou County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Hatch.
- Garfield County
- This Hatch is located in Garfield County and lies 358 miles [576.1 km] to the south of the Hatch that is located in Caribou County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garfield County community of Hatch.
- Washington
- Walla Walla County
- This Hatch is located in Walla Walla County and lies 411 miles [661.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hatch that is located in Caribou County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walla Walla County community of Hatch.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hatch ...
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.
- Central
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Central is located in Caribou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- China Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- China Hill is located in Caribou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Hill
- Five Points ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Five Points is located in Caribou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Grace
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Henry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Henry is located in Caribou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Lava Hot Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Meadowville is located in Caribou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
- Pebble
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pebble is located in Caribou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble
- Soda Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Topaz ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Topaz is located in Bannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topaz
How Far From Hatch 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 community such as Hatch to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hatch and extending to:
- Soda Springs, which is the Seat of Caribou County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hatch to Soda Springs, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 225 miles [362.1 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 1,825 miles [2,937.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 104 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,872 miles [11,059.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,641 miles [12,297 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,633 miles [9,065.4 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- Hatch) 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 Hatch 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 Hatch 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 Hatch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8194, Longitude: -111.8522 In this case, the coordinates for Hatch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.072 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.836 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.575 degrees. |
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