Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hackberry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hackberry and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hackberry
- 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 Hackberry:
- 29.578311, -96.879659
- 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 Hackberry
- 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 Lavaca County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lavaca County
- Since Hackberry is near Colorado County and also Fayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Colorado County
- eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 Hackberry ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Hackberry.
There are six communities within Texas that are also named Hackberry.
Beyond Texas, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Bexar County
- Cottle County
- Denton County
- Edwards County
- Garza County
- Starr County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Kansas
- Gove 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 Kansas community of Hackberry [Gove County].
- Labette County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Hackberry [Labette County].
- Republic County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Hackberry [Republic County].
- Louisiana
- Tennessee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hackberry ...
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.
- Columbus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Columbus is located in Colorado County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,699 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbus <3>
- Cozy Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cozy Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozy Corner
- Cozy Corner is located in Fayette County
- Good Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - High Hill ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Hillcrest
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Hillcrest is located in Colorado County
- Nickel ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west) - Rock Island
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Island have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
- Rock Island is located in Colorado County
- Sublime
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sublime have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublime
- Sublime is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sublime <3>
- Sweet Home
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweet Home have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
- Sweet Home is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sweet Home <3>
- Swiss Alp
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
How Far From Hackberry 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 Hackberry 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<5> community of Hackberry once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Hackberry and extending to:
- Hallettsville, which is the Seat of Lavaca County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hackberry to Hallettsville, 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.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 70 miles [112.7 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,298 miles [2,088.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 51 days and walking would take 74 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,156 miles [11,516.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,881 miles [12,683.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,757 miles [9,265 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.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 Hackberry 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hackberry) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hackberry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.5783, Longitude: -96.8797 In this case, the coordinates for Hackberry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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 Hackberry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Hackberry 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 319.541 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.61 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.006 degrees. |