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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 Hager, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hager 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 Hager:
    • 37.746480, -83.199342
    • 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 Hager
  • 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 Magoffin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Magoffin County
    • Since Hager is near Morgan County and also Wolfe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wolfe 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 Hager

Communities Also Named Hager ...

We found three communities that are also named Hager.

Within Kentucky, the name Hager is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Oregon
      • Klamath County
      • This Hager is located in Klamath County and lies 2,042 miles [3,286.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hager that is located in Magoffin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Klamath County community of Hager.
    • West Virginia
      • Lincoln County
      • This Hager is located in Lincoln County and lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hager that is located in Magoffin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Hager.
    • Wisconsin
      • Pierce 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 Wisconsin community of Hager [Pierce County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hager ...

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.

  • Dale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Dale is located in Magoffin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
  • Edna
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Edna is located in Magoffin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
  • Elsie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Elsie is located in Magoffin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsie
  • Fritz
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Fritz is located in Magoffin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritz
  • Gullett
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Gullett is located in Magoffin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gullett
  • Harper
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Harper is located in Magoffin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
  • Holliday
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Holliday is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
  • Right Middle Fork
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Right Middle Fork is located in Magoffin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Right Middle Fork
  • Road Fork
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Road Fork is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Road Fork
  • Wheel Rim
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Wheel Rim is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheel Rim
  • Wheelrim Fork
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Wheelrim Fork is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelrim Fork

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

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

  • Salyersville, which is the Seat of Magoffin County, lies just to the East.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Hager to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 343 miles [552 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,205 miles [9,986 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,920 miles [11,136.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,796 miles [7,718.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Hager) 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 Hager 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 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.
<4>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 Hager 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 Hager. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7465, Longitude: -83.1993       In this case, the coordinates for Hager have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.622 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.523 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.725 degrees.