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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 Hecla, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hecla 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 Hecla:
- 38.549247, -82.638773
- 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 Hecla
- 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Since Hecla is near Greenup County and also Boyd County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenup County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boyd 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 Hecla
Communities Also Named Hecla ...
We found twelve communities that are also named Hecla.
Within Ohio, the name Hecla is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Yavapai County
- This Hecla is located in Yavapai County and lies 1,651 miles [2,657 km]<1> to the west of the Hecla that is located in Lawrence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yavapai County community of Hecla.
- Indiana
- Whitley 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 Indiana community of Hecla [Whitley County].
- Kansas
- Anderson 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 Kansas community of Hecla [Anderson County].
- Kentucky
- Hopkins County
- This Hecla is located in Hopkins County and lies 280 miles [450.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hecla that is located in Lawrence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hopkins County community of Hecla.
- Manitoba
- This Hecla lies 1,103 miles [1,775.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Hecla that is located in Lawrence County.
- Missouri
- Linn County
- This Hecla is located in Linn County and lies 577 miles [928.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hecla that is located in Lawrence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of Hecla.
- Montana
- Beaverhead County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Beaverhead County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaverhead County community of Hecla.
- New York
- Oneida County
- This Hecla is located in Oneida County and lies 489 miles [787 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hecla that is located in Lawrence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Hecla.
- Pennsylvania
- Schuylkill County
- This Hecla is located in Schuylkill County and lies 382 miles [614.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hecla that is located in Lawrence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Hecla.
- Westmoreland 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 Pennsylvania community of Hecla [Westmoreland County].
- South Dakota
- Brown County
- This Hecla is located in Brown County and lies 938 miles [1,509.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hecla that is located in Lawrence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Hecla.
- Wyoming
- Laramie 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 Wyoming community of Hecla [Laramie County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hecla ...
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.
- Coal Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Coal Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
- Flatwoods
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Forestdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forestdale is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
- Geigers Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Geigers Crossing is located in Boyd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geigers Crossing
- Green Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Green Valley is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Hanging Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hanging Rock is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Raceland
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Raceland is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,338 people
- Riverview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Rock Camp
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rock Camp is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Camp
- Three Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Three Oaks is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Oaks
- Vesuvius ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Vesuvius is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesuvius
- Vesuvius Furnace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Vesuvius Furnace is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesuvius Furnace
How Far From Hecla 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 Hecla to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hecla and extending to:
- Ironton, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Hecla to Columbus, with an average speed<5>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 three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 302 miles [486 km] to the east (E). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,145 miles [9,889.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,863 miles [11,044.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,738 miles [7,625.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hecla) 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 Hecla 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> | 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 Hecla, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Hecla 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 Hecla. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5492, Longitude: -82.6388 In this case, the coordinates for Hecla have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.273 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.241 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.238 degrees. |
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