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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 Hague, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hague 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 Hague:
    • 38.072352, -76.651069
    • 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 Hague
  • 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 Westmoreland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland County
    • Since Hague is near Northumberland County and also Richmond County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Northumberland County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond 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 Hague

Communities Also Named Hague ...

We found five communities that are also named Hague.

Within Virginia, the name Hague is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Alachua County
      • This Hague is located in Alachua County and lies 661 miles [1,063.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Hague that is located in Westmoreland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alachua County community of Hague.
    • New York
      • Warren County
      • This Hague is located in Warren County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Hague that is located in Westmoreland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Hague.
    • North Dakota
      • Emmons County
      • This Hague is located in Emmons County and lies 1,310 miles [2,108.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hague that is located in Westmoreland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Emmons County community of Hague.
      • Traill 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 North Dakota community of Hague [Traill County].
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Hague lies 1,736 miles [2,793.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hague that is located in Westmoreland County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hague ...

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.

  • Acorn
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Acorn is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
  • Bull Neck
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Bull Neck is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Neck
  • Carys Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Carys Corner is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carys Corner
  • Erica
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Erica is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erica
  • Grays Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Grays Corner is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Corner
  • Meter
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Meter is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meter
  • Mount Holly
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Mount Holly is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
  • Narrow Beach
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Narrow Beach is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrow Beach
  • Palmtown
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Palmtown is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmtown
  • Tucker Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Tucker Hill is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Hill

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

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

  • Montross, which is the Seat of Westmoreland County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Hague to Montross, with an average speed<3> 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.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 56 miles [90.1 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 60 miles [96.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,916 miles [9,520.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,616 miles [10,647.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,495 miles [7,234 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Hague) 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 Hague 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 Hague 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 Hague. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0724, Longitude: -76.6511       In this case, the coordinates for Hague have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.715 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.113 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.871 degrees.