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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 Hodges, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hodges 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 Hodges:
    • 32.589287, -99.868982
    • 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 Hodges
  • 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 Jones County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jones County
    • Since Hodges is near Taylor County and also Nolan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nolan 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 Hodges

Communities Also Named Hodges ...

We found eight communities that are also named Hodges.

Within Texas, the name Hodges is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Franklin County
      • This Hodges is located in Franklin County and lies 697 miles [1,121.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hodges that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Hodges.
      • Marion 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 Alabama community of Hodges [Marion County].
    • Kansas
      • Edwards County
      • This Hodges is located in Edwards County and lies 361 miles [581 km]<1> to the north of the Hodges that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edwards County community of Hodges.
    • Montana
      • Dawson County
      • This Hodges is located in Dawson County and lies 1,021 miles [1,643.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Hodges that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dawson County community of Hodges.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenwood County
      • This Hodges is located in Greenwood County and lies 1,020 miles [1,641.5 km]<1> to the east of the Hodges that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Hodges.
    • Tennessee
      • Jefferson County
      • This Hodges is located in Jefferson County and lies 954 miles [1,535.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hodges that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Hodges.
    • Virginia
      • Campbell County
      • This Hodges is located in Campbell County and lies 1,211 miles [1,948.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hodges that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Hodges.
    • West Virginia
      • Cabell County
      • This Hodges is located in Cabell County and lies 1,056 miles [1,699.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hodges that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cabell County community of Hodges.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hodges ...

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.

  • Blair
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Blair is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
  • Caps
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Caps is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caps
  • Elmdale
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Elmdale is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
  • Impact
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Impact is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Impact
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
  • Mount Pleasant
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Noodle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Noodle is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noodle
  • Phantom Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Phantom Hill is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phantom Hill
  • Radium
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Radium is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
  • View
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • View is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View

How Far From Hodges 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 Hodges to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Anson, which is the Seat of Jones County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Hodges to Anson, 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.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 203 miles [326.7 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,347 miles [2,167.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 53 days and walking would take 77 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,107 miles [11,437.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,848 miles [12,630.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,732 miles [9,224.8 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hodges) 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 Hodges 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 Hodges 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 Hodges. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5893, Longitude: -99.8690       In this case, the coordinates for Hodges have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.003 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.893 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.08 degrees.