Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Hatchersville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hatchersville and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Hatchersville

• 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 Hatchersville:
  • 30.829626, -90.867601
  • 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 Hatchersville

• 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 parish-by-parish basis. We have selected East Feliciana Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for East Feliciana Parish
  • Since Hatchersville is near Saint Helena Parish and also East Baton Rouge Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Helena Parish
  • Open the eBird sighting report for East Baton Rouge Parish

• 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 Hatchersville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hatchersville ...

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.

• Battle
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Battle is located in East Feliciana Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle
• Bluff Creek
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Bluff Creek is located in East Feliciana Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
• Felixville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Felixville is located in East Feliciana Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felixville
• Grays
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Grays is located in East Feliciana Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays
• Jack
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jack is located in Saint Helena Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack
• Kents Store ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Kents Store is located in East Feliciana Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
• Liverpool
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Liverpool is located in Saint Helena Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
• Olive Branch
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Olive Branch is located in East Feliciana Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch
• Pride
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pride is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pride
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pride <1>
• Sunbeam ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunbeam is located in East Feliciana Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam
• Teddy
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Teddy is located in East Feliciana Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teddy

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hatchersville and extending to:

• Clinton, which is the Seat of East Feliciana Parish, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hatchersville to Clinton, with an average speed<3> 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.
• Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 31 miles [49.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 959 miles [1,543.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,851 miles [11,025.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,561 miles [12,168.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,438 miles [8,751.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'