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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 Hathaway, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hathaway 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 Hathaway:
    • 38.857866, -81.083167
    • 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 Hathaway
  • 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 Calhoun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
    • Since Hathaway is near Gilmer County and also Roane County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gilmer County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Roane 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 Hathaway

Communities Also Named Hathaway ...

We found eight communities that are also named Hathaway.

Within West Virginia, the name Hathaway is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Bourbon 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 Kansas community of Hathaway [Bourbon County].
    • Kentucky
      • Boone 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 Kentucky community of Hathaway [Boone County].
    • Louisiana
      • Jefferson Davis Parish
      • This Hathaway is located in Jefferson Davis Parish and lies 881 miles [1,417.8 km]<2> to the southwest of the Hathaway that is located in Calhoun County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson Davis Parish community of Hathaway.
    • Manitoba
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Hathaway is located in Baltimore County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<2> to the east of the Hathaway that is located in Calhoun County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Hathaway.
    • Montana
      • Rosebud County
      • This Hathaway is located in Rosebud County and lies 1,368 miles [2,201.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Hathaway that is located in Calhoun County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rosebud County community of Hathaway.
    • Tennessee
      • Lake County
      • This Hathaway is located in Lake County and lies 503 miles [809.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Hathaway that is located in Calhoun County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Hathaway.
    • Texas
      • Hardin County
      • This Hathaway is located in Hardin County and lies 970 miles [1,561.1 km]<2> to the southwest of the Hathaway that is located in Calhoun County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Hathaway.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hathaway ...

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.

  • Adam
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Adam is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adam
  • Grantsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Henrietta
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Henrietta is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
  • Index ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Index is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Index
  • Joker
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Joker is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joker
  • Liberty Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Liberty Hill is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
  • Millstone
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Millstone is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
  • Pleasant Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Purdy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Purdy is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
  • Sand Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Sand Ridge is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
  • Stumptown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Stumptown is located in Gilmer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown

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

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

  • Grantsville, which is the Seat of Calhoun County, lies just to the North.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Hathaway to Charleston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 217 miles [349.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,068 miles [9,765.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,783 miles [10,916.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,658 miles [7,496.3 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 Hathaway 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hathaway) 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 Hathaway 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 Hathaway. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8579, Longitude: -81.0832       In this case, the coordinates for Hathaway have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.315 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.194 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.459 degrees.