Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hancock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hancock and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hancock
- 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 Hancock:
- 45.496910, -95.796533
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Hancock
- 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 Stevens County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Stevens County
- Since Hancock is near Pope County and also Swift County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Pope County
- eBird sighting report for Swift 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Hancock ...
We found 35 communities that share the name Hancock.
Within Minnesota, the name Hancock is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of another 35 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Chaffee County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Hancock [Chaffee County].
- Gunnison 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 Colorado community of Hancock [Gunnison County].
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Hancock is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,423 miles [2,290.1 km]<2> to the southeast of the Hancock that is located in Stevens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Hancock.
- Polk 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 Florida community of Hancock [Polk County].
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Hancock County
- This Hancock is located in Hancock County and lies 669 miles [1,076.7 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Hancock that is located in Stevens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Hancock.
- Perry County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Perry County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Hancock.
- Pennsylvania
- Berks County
- This Hancock is located in Berks County and lies 1,069 miles [1,720.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Hancock that is located in Stevens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Hancock.
- Lancaster 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 Pennsylvania community of Hancock [Lancaster County].
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Comal County
- Although located in Comal County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Comal County community of Hancock.
- Dawson County
- This Hancock is located in Dawson County and lies 933 miles [1,501.5 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Hancock that is located in Stevens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dawson County community of Hancock.
- Limestone 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 Texas community of Hancock [Limestone County].
- Vermont
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hancock ...
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.
- Alberta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
- Alberta is located in Stevens County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Alberta
- From Hancock to Alberta
- Artichoke
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Farwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast) - Herman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herman
- Herman is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Herman
- From Hancock to Herman
- Long Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
- Long Beach is located in Pope County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Starbuck
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starbuck
- Starbuck is located in Pope County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,267 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Starbuck <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Starbuck
- From Hancock to Starbuck
- Swift Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Swift Falls. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Falls
- Swift Falls is located in Swift County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Swift Falls
- From Hancock to Swift Falls
- Terrace
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
How Far From Hancock 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 city such as Hancock to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hancock and extending to:
- Morris, which is the Seat of Stevens County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Hancock to Saint Paul, with an average speed<7>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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,058 miles [1,702.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,276 miles [10,100.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,034 miles [11,320.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,955 miles [7,974.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Hancock: www.hancock.govoffice.com/
The official website for Stevens County: www.co.stevens.mn.us/
The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/
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 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 Hancock 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hancock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hancock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4969, Longitude: -95.7965 |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hancock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Hancock to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.108 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.293 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.907 degrees. |