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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 Hathaway, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hathaway 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 Hathaway:
- 30.349648, -92.671530
- 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 Hathaway
- 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 Jefferson Davis Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson Davis Parish
- Since Hathaway is near Acadia Parish and also Evangeline Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Acadia Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Evangeline 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 Hathaway
Communities Also Named Hathaway ...
We found eight communities that are also named Hathaway.
Within Louisiana, the name Hathaway is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Bourbon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Hathaway [Bourbon County].
- Kentucky
- Boone County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Hathaway [Boone County].
- Manitoba
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Hathaway is located in Baltimore County and lies 1,093 miles [1,759 km]<2> to the northeast of the Hathaway that is located in Jefferson Davis Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Hathaway.
- Montana
- Rosebud County
- This Hathaway is located in Rosebud County and lies 1,317 miles [2,119.5 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Hathaway that is located in Jefferson Davis Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rosebud County community of Hathaway.
- Tennessee
- Lake County
- This Hathaway is located in Lake County and lies 441 miles [709.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Hathaway that is located in Jefferson Davis Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Hathaway.
- Texas
- Hardin County
- This Hathaway is located in Hardin County and lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<2> to the west of the Hathaway that is located in Jefferson Davis Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Hathaway.
- West Virginia
- Calhoun County
- This Hathaway is located in Calhoun County and lies 881 miles [1,417.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Hathaway that is located in Jefferson Davis Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Hathaway.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hathaway ...
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.
- Cartville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cartville is located in Acadia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartville
- China
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- China is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China
- Elton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elton is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,134 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elton <3>
- Iota
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Iota is located in Acadia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iota
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,428 people
- Jennings
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Keystone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Keystone is located in Acadia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Pine Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pine Island is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
- Raymond
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Raymond is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Silverwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Silverwood is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverwood
- Welsh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Welsh is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welsh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,195 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Welsh <3>
How Far From Hathaway 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 Hathaway to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hathaway and extending to:
- Jennings, which is the Seat of Jefferson Davis Parish, lies just to the South.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Hathaway to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<4>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 most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,064 miles [1,712.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,949 miles [11,183.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,663 miles [12,332.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,539 miles [8,914.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Hathaway 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 parish. 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hathaway) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Hathaway 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 Hathaway. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.3496, Longitude: -92.6715 In this case, the coordinates for Hathaway have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.964 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.682 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.189 degrees. |
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