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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 Hitchcock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hitchcock and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Hitchcock:
    • 38.883409, -82.575717
    • 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 Hitchcock
  • 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
    • Since Hitchcock is near Lawrence County and also Gallia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gallia 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 Hitchcock

Communities Also Named Hitchcock ...

We found eight communities that are also named Hitchcock.

Within Ohio, the name Hitchcock is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Washington County
      • This Hitchcock is located in Washington County and lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<1> to the west of the Hitchcock that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Hitchcock.
    • Michigan
      • Antrim 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 Michigan community of Hitchcock [Antrim County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Blaine County
      • This Hitchcock is located in Blaine County and lies 886 miles [1,425.9 km]<1> to the west of the Hitchcock that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blaine County community of Hitchcock.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Hitchcock lies 1,238 miles [1,992.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hitchcock that is located in Jackson County.
    • South Dakota
      • Beadle County
      • This Hitchcock is located in Beadle County and lies 904 miles [1,454.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hitchcock that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beadle County community of Hitchcock.
    • Texas
      • Galveston County
      • This Hitchcock is located in Galveston County and lies 970 miles [1,561.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hitchcock that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Galveston County community of Hitchcock.
    • Virginia
      • Greensville 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 Virginia community of Hitchcock [Greensville County].
      • Prince George County
      • This Hitchcock is located in Prince George County and lies 314 miles [505.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Hitchcock that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George County community of Hitchcock.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hitchcock ...

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.

  • Bloom Junction
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bloom Junction is located in Scioto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom Junction
  • Centerpoint
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Centerpoint is located in Gallia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerpoint
  • Centerville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Centerville is located in Gallia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
  • Clay
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Clay is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
  • Firebrick
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Firebrick is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firebrick
  • Four Mile
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Four Mile is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Mile
  • Grahamsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Grahamsville is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamsville
  • Horeb
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Horeb is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horeb
  • Keystone
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Keystone is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
  • Kitchen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Kitchen is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitchen
  • Limestone ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Limestone is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
  • Mabee Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Mabee Corner is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabee Corner
  • Olive Furnace
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Olive Furnace is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Furnace
  • Rocky Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Rocky Hill is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill

How Far From Hitchcock to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hitchcock to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hitchcock and extending to:

  • Jackson, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hitchcock to Jackson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 78 miles [125.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 297 miles [478 km] to the east (E). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,128 miles [9,862.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,846 miles [11,017.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,721 miles [7,597.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Hitchcock) 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 Hitchcock 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 Hitchcock 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 Hitchcock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8834, Longitude: -82.5757       In this case, the coordinates for Hitchcock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.229 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.24 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.105 degrees.