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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 Hedgewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hedgewood 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 Hedgewood:
- 38.813970, -82.209314
- 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 Hedgewood
- 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 Gallia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gallia County
- Since Hedgewood is near Mason County and also Meigs County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mason County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Meigs 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 Hedgewood
Communities Also Named Hedgewood ...
We found two communities that are also named Hedgewood.
Within Ohio, the name Hedgewood is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- McLean County
- This Hedgewood is located in McLean County and lies 376 miles [605.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hedgewood that is located in Gallia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLean County community of Hedgewood.
- Kansas
- Norton 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 Hedgewood [Norton County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hedgewood ...
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.
- Evans Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Evans Heights is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Heights
- Green Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Green Acres is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Lawnview
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lawnview is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawnview
- Mapleshade
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mapleshade is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleshade
- Meadow Look
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Meadow Look is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Look
- Orchard Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Orchard Hill is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hill
- Spring Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Valley is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Willow Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Willow Woods is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Woods
How Far From Hedgewood 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 Hedgewood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hedgewood and extending to:
- Gallipolis, which is the Seat of Gallia County, lies just to the East.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Hedgewood to Columbus, with an average speed<3>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 278 miles [447.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,116 miles [9,842.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,833 miles [10,996.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,708 miles [7,576.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Hedgewood) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Hedgewood 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 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. |
| <4> | 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 Hedgewood 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 Hedgewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8140, Longitude: -82.2093 In this case, the coordinates for Hedgewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.005 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.974 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.966 degrees. |
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