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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 Hazelhurst, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hazelhurst 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 Hazelhurst:
- 39.470372, -79.271427
- 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 Hazelhurst
- 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 Garrett County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Garrett County
- Since Hazelhurst is near Mineral County and also Allegany County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mineral County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegany 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 Hazelhurst
Communities Also Named Hazelhurst ...
We found six communities that are also named Hazelhurst.
Within Maryland, the name Hazelhurst is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Tuscaloosa County
- This Hazelhurst is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 628 miles [1,010.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hazelhurst that is located in Garrett County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Hazelhurst.
- Georgia
- Appling 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 Georgia community of Hazelhurst [Appling County].
- Illinois
- Carroll County
- This Hazelhurst is located in Carroll County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hazelhurst that is located in Garrett County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Hazelhurst.
- Michigan
- Berrien County
- This Hazelhurst is located in Berrien County and lies 419 miles [674.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hazelhurst that is located in Garrett County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berrien County community of Hazelhurst.
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Hazelhurst is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,719 miles [2,766.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hazelhurst that is located in Garrett County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Hazelhurst.
- Wisconsin
- Oneida County
- This Hazelhurst is located in Oneida County and lies 687 miles [1,105.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hazelhurst that is located in Garrett County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Hazelhurst.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hazelhurst ...
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.
- Blaine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blaine is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Crosstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crosstown is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosstown
- Deer Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Garden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Floyd
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Floyd is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Fricks Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fricks Crossing is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricks Crossing
- Green Glade
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Green Glade is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Glade
- Standard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Standard is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standard
- Sulphur City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur City is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur City
How Far From Hazelhurst 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 Hazelhurst to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hazelhurst and extending to:
- Oakland, which is the Seat of Garrett County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Hazelhurst to Annapolis, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 125 miles [201.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,966 miles [9,601.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,679 miles [10,748.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,555 miles [7,330.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hazelhurst) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Hazelhurst 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 Hazelhurst 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 Hazelhurst. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4704, Longitude: -79.2714 In this case, the coordinates for Hazelhurst have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.192 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.007 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.456 degrees. |
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