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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 Hopeful, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hopeful 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 Hopeful:
    • 31.168794, -84.392965
    • 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 Hopeful
  • 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 Mitchell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mitchell County
    • Since Hopeful is near Baker County and also Decatur County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baker County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Decatur 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 Hopeful

Communities Also Named Hopeful ...

We found three communities that are also named Hopeful.

There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Hopeful.

Beyond Georgia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Fayette County
      • This Hopeful is located in Fayette County and lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<1> to the north of the Hopeful that is located in Mitchell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Hopeful.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Talladega County
      • This Hopeful is located in Talladega County and lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Hopeful that is located in Mitchell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talladega County community of Hopeful.
    • Virginia
      • Louisa 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 Virginia community of Hopeful [Louisa County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hopeful ...

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.

  • Anna
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Anna is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
  • Bethany
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Bethany is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
  • Branchville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Branchville is located in Mitchell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
  • Cooktown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Cooktown is located in Miller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooktown
  • Flint
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Flint is located in Mitchell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
  • Greenwood ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenwood is located in Mitchell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Mount Pleasant
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Decatur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Oak Grove ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Oak Grove is located in Grady County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Petty ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Petty is located in Mitchell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petty
  • Rogerville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Rogerville is located in Mitchell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogerville

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

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

  • Camilla, which is the Seat of Mitchell County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hopeful to Camilla, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 178 miles [286.5 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 676 miles [1,087.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,559 miles [10,555.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,250 miles [11,667.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,133 miles [8,260.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Hopeful) 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 Hopeful 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 Hopeful 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 Hopeful. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1688, Longitude: -84.3930       In this case, the coordinates for Hopeful have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.118 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.161 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.877 degrees.