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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 Hitchcock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hitchcock and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Hitchcock:
    • 37.141816, -77.228862
    • 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 Hitchcock
  • 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 Prince George County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George County
    • Since Hitchcock is near Surry County and also Petersburg City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Surry County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Petersburg City
  • 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 Hitchcock

Communities Also Named Hitchcock ...

We found eight communities that are also named Hitchcock.

There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Hitchcock.

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

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Greensville 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 Virginia community of Hitchcock [Greensville County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Washington County
      • This Hitchcock is located in Washington County and lies 497 miles [799.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Hitchcock that is located in Prince George County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Hitchcock.
    • Michigan
      • Antrim 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 Michigan community of Hitchcock [Antrim County].
    • Ohio
      • Jackson County
      • This Hitchcock is located in Jackson County and lies 314 miles [505.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Hitchcock that is located in Prince George County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Hitchcock.
    • Oklahoma
      • Blaine County
      • This Hitchcock is located in Blaine County and lies 1,171 miles [1,884.5 km]<2> to the west of the Hitchcock that is located in Prince George County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blaine County community of Hitchcock.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Hitchcock lies 1,535 miles [2,470.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Hitchcock that is located in Prince George County.
    • South Dakota
      • Beadle County
      • This Hitchcock is located in Beadle County and lies 1,215 miles [1,955.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Hitchcock that is located in Prince George County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beadle County community of Hitchcock.
    • Texas
      • Galveston County
      • This Hitchcock is located in Galveston County and lies 1,159 miles [1,865.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Hitchcock that is located in Prince George County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Galveston County community of Hitchcock.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hitchcock ...

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.

  • Burrowsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Burrowsville is located in Prince George County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrowsville
  • Derby ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Derby is located in Prince George County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
  • Duck Woods
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Duck Woods is located in Prince George County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Woods
  • Friend ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Friend is located in Prince George County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friend
  • Garysville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Garysville is located in Prince George County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garysville
  • Kingwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Kingwood is located in Prince George County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood
  • Lees Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lees Mill is located in Prince George County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Mill
  • Lone Oak Mill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lone Oak Mill is located in Prince George County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak Mill
  • Merchants Hope ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Merchants Hope is located in Prince George County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merchants Hope
  • Pine Gardens
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Gardens is located in Petersburg City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gardens
  • Prince George
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Rivers Edge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Rivers Edge is located in Prince George County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivers Edge
  • Walnut Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Walnut Hill is located in Petersburg City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill

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

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

  • Prince George, which is the Seat of Prince George County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Hitchcock to Richmond, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 121 miles [194.7 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,980 miles [9,623.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,678 miles [10,747.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,558 miles [7,335.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Hitchcock 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' (or 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- Hitchcock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Hitchcock 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 Hitchcock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1418, Longitude: -77.2289       In this case, the coordinates for Hitchcock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.098 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.408 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.449 degrees.