Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hawgood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hawgood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hawgood
- 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 Hawgood:
- 43.869631, -112.151366
- 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 Hawgood
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Hawgood is near Madison County and also Clark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Madison County
- eBird sighting report for Clark 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 Hawgood ...
We found one communities that share the name Hawgood.
There is one other community in Idaho which is also named Hawgood.
Beyond Idaho.
- Communities Located In Idaho ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hawgood ...
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.
- Annis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annis
- Annis is located in Jefferson County
- Grant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast) - Independence ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Madison County
- Jenkins Will
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jenkins Will have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Will
- Jenkins Will is located in Fremont County
- Jolley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east) - Jones Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
- Jones Crossing is located in Clark County
- Level ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west) - Lewisville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewisville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Lewisville is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewisville <3>
- Mark
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east) - Mud Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mud Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Lake
- Mud Lake is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mud Lake <3>
- Sage Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sage Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage Junction
- Sage Junction is located in Jefferson County
How Far From Hawgood 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 Hawgood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Hawgood and extending to:
- Rigby, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<4> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hawgood to Rigby, with an average speed<5> 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 City, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 202 miles [325.1 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,837 miles [2,956.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 105 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,815 miles [10,967.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,584 miles [12,205.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,586 miles [8,989.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hawgood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Jefferson County: www.co.jefferson.id.us/
The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Hawgood 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hawgood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hawgood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8696, Longitude: -112.1514 In this case, the coordinates for Hawgood 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 Hawgood 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 332.387 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.294 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.653 degrees. |