Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Hokes Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hokes Mill and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Hokes Mill

• 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 Hokes Mill:
  • 37.699844, -80.526185
  • 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 Hokes Mill

• 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 Greenbrier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenbrier County
  • Since Hokes Mill is near Monroe County and also Summers County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Summers 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 Hokes Mill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hokes Mill ...

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.

• Half Way
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Half Way is located in Greenbrier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Way
• Monitor
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Monitor is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
• Organ Cave
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Organ Cave is located in Greenbrier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Organ Cave
• Pickaway
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Pickaway is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickaway
• Rockland
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Rockland is located in Greenbrier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
• Secondcreek
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Secondcreek is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secondcreek
• Sinks Grove
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Sinks Grove is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinks Grove
• Snowflake
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Snowflake is located in Greenbrier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowflake
• Wolfcreek
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Wolfcreek is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfcreek

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Hokes Mill and extending to:

• Lewisburg, which is the Seat of Greenbrier County, lies just to the North Northeast.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 74 miles [119.1 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Hokes Mill to Charleston, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 206 miles [331.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,096 miles [9,810.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,805 miles [10,951.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,681 miles [7,533.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'