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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 Hogg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hogg 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 Hogg:
- 30.435486, -96.798590
- 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 Hogg
- 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 Burleson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burleson County
- Since Hogg is near Lee County and also Milam County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Milam 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 Hogg
Communities Also Named Hogg ...
We found four communities that are also named Hogg.
There is one other community in Texas that is also named Hogg.
Beyond Texas, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Robertson County
- This Hogg is located in Robertson County and lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<1> to the north of the Hogg that is located in Burleson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robertson County community of Hogg.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Letcher 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 Kentucky community of Hogg [Letcher County].
- Ontario
- This Hogg lies 1,307 miles [2,103.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hogg that is located in Burleson County.
- West Virginia
- Jackson 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 West Virginia community of Hogg [Jackson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hogg ...
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.
- Big Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Big Creek is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Birch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Birch is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch
- Deanville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dime Box
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gus is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gus
- Harmony
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Harmony is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Hicks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hicks is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks
- Leo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leo is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
- Old Dime Box
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Dime Box is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Dime Box
- Sweet Home
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sweet Home is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
- Tanglewood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Tanglewood is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
How Far From Hogg 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 Hogg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hogg and extending to:
- Caldwell, which is the Seat of Burleson County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hogg to Caldwell, with an average speed<4> 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 57 miles [91.7 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,261 miles [2,029.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 72 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,108 miles [11,439.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,835 miles [12,609.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,711 miles [9,191 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Hogg) 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 Hogg 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Hogg 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 Hogg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4355, Longitude: -96.7986 In this case, the coordinates for Hogg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.619 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.811 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.897 degrees. |
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