Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hockerville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hockerville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hockerville
- 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 Hockerville:
- 36.99275, -94.780837
- 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 Hockerville
- 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 Ottawa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Ottawa County
- Since Hockerville is near Cherokee County and also Newton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- eBird sighting report for Newton 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hockerville ...
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.
- Commerce
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Commerce have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce
- Commerce is located in Ottawa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,491 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Commerce <2>
- Five Mile
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Keelville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Keelville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keelville
- Keelville is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Keelville
- From Hockerville to Keelville
- Lincolnville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Lincolnville is located in Ottawa County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Lincolnville
- From Hockerville to Lincolnville
- Neutral
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Neutral. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neutral
- Neutral is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Neutral has also been known as:
- Neutral City
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Neutral
- From Hockerville to Neutral
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Potter
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Quakervale ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quakervale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quakervale
- Quakervale is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Quakervale has also been known as:
- Quakerville
- Quickville
- Zincville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
How Far From Hockerville 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 Hockerville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Hockerville once stood, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Hockerville and extending to:
- Miami, which is the Seat of Ottawa County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<5> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hockerville to Miami, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 185 miles [297.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 973 miles [1,565.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,689 miles [10,764.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,429 miles [11,955.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,313 miles [8,550.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Oklahoma: https://www.ok.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Hockerville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hockerville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hockerville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9928, Longitude: -94.7808 |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Hockerville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.022 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.949 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.139 degrees. |