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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 Hortense, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hortense 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 Hortense:
- 30.846030, -94.704373
- 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 Hortense
- 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 Polk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Since Hortense is near Tyler County and also Trinity County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tyler County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Trinity 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 Hortense
Communities Also Named Hortense ...
We found five communities that are also named Hortense.
There is one other community in Texas that is also named Hortense.
Beyond Texas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Tom Green 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 Texas community of Hortense [Tom Green County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Chaffee County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Chaffee County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chaffee County community of Hortense.
- Georgia
- Brantley County
- This Hortense is located in Brantley County and lies 754 miles [1,213.4 km]<3> to the east of the Hortense that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brantley County community of Hortense.
- Missouri
- Henry County
- This Hortense is located in Henry County and lies 522 miles [840.1 km]<3> to the north of the Hortense that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Hortense.
- Tennessee
- Dickson County
- This Hortense is located in Dickson County and lies 555 miles [893.2 km]<3> to the northeast of the Hortense that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickson County community of Hortense.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hortense ...
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.
- Chester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dies Community
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dies Community is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dies Community
- Indian Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Indian Springs is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Israel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Israel is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Israel
- Moscow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Peach Tree Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Peach Tree Village is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Tree Village
- Pleasant Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pluck
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pluck is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pluck
- Seven Oaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Seven Oaks is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Snow Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Snow Hill is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
How Far From Hortense 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 Hortense to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hortense and extending to:
- Livingston, which is the Seat of Polk County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hortense to Livingston, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 185 miles [297.7 km] to the west (W). 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 1,142 miles [1,837.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,005 miles [11,273.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,727 miles [12,435.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,603 miles [9,017.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 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 Hortense 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> | 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 Hortense, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Hortense) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Hortense 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 Hortense. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8460, Longitude: -94.7044 In this case, the coordinates for Hortense have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.316 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.331 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.967 degrees. |
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