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

When in Hopkins Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hopkins Corners 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 Hopkins Corners:
    • 38.955114, -75.676596
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Hopkins Corners
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Hopkins Corners ...

We found two communities that share the name Hopkins Corners.

Within Delaware, the name Hopkins Corners is unique.

Beyond Delaware, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ohio
      • Lake 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 Ohio community of Hopkins Corners [Lake County].
    • Ontario
      • This Hopkins Corners lies 371 miles [597.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Hopkins Corners that is located in Kent County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hopkins Corners ...

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.

  • Burrsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burrsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrsville
    • Burrsville is located in Caroline County (MD)
  • Edwardsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edwardsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
    • Edwardsville is located in Kent County
  • Four Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
    • Four Corners is located in Caroline County (MD)
  • Greens Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greens Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Corner
    • Greens Corner is located in Kent County
  • Greenville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
    • Greenville is located in Kent County
  • Hollandsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollandsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandsville
    • Hollandsville is located in Kent County
  • Hughes Crossroads
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hughes Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Crossroads
    • Hughes Crossroads is located in Kent County
  • Lords Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lords Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lords Corner
    • Lords Corner is located in Kent County
  • Melvin Crossroads
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melvin Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Crossroads
    • Melvin Crossroads is located in Kent County
  • Sandtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
    • Sandtown is located in Kent County
  • Union Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Corners
    • Union Corners is located in Caroline County (MD)

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

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

  • Dover, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hopkins Corners to Dover, with an average speed<4> 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.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 16 miles [25.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 73 miles [117.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,837 miles [9,393.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,539 miles [10,523.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,417 miles [7,108.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hopkins Corners. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Kent County: www.co.kent.de.us/

The official website for State of Delaware: https://delaware.gov/

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 Hopkins Corners 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hopkins Corners) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hopkins Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9551, Longitude: -75.6766       In this case, the coordinates for Hopkins Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Hopkins Corners to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.087 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.536 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.123 degrees.




 

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