Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Hockaday:
  • 44.087798, -84.427232
  • 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 Hockaday

• 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 Gladwin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Gladwin County
  • Since Hockaday is near Clare County and also Ogemaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clare County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Ogemaw 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 Hockaday

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hockaday ...

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.

• Butman
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Butman is located in Gladwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butman
• Dale
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Dale is located in Gladwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
• Edwards
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Edwards is located in Ogemaw County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
• Greenwood
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Greenwood is located in Ogemaw County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
• Hard Luck
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Hard Luck is located in Gladwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hard Luck
  • Hard Luck has also been known as:
  • Hardluck
• Highwood
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Highwood is located in Gladwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
• Maple Valley
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Maple Valley is located in Roscommon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Valley
• Podunk
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Podunk is located in Gladwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Podunk
• Sugar Rapids
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Sugar Rapids is located in Gladwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Rapids

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Hockaday and extending to:

• Gladwin, which is the Seat of Gladwin County, lies just to the South Southwest.
• Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Hockaday to Lansing, with an average speed<2>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 523 miles [841.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,960 miles [9,591.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,699 miles [10,781 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,583 miles [7,375.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'