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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 Hopkins Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hopkins Mill 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 Mill:
    • 33.948713, -84.161028
    • 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 Hopkins 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 Gwinnett County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gwinnett County
    • Since Hopkins Mill is near DeKalb County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Hopkins Mill

Communities Also Named Hopkins Mill ...

We found two communities that are also named Hopkins Mill.

Within Georgia, the name Hopkins Mill is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Oakland 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 Hopkins Mill [Oakland County].
    • Virginia
      • Franklin County
      • This Hopkins Mill is located in Franklin County and lies 322 miles [518.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Hopkins Mill that is located in Gwinnett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Hopkins Mill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hopkins 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.

  • Beaver Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Beaver Hills is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Hills
  • Beaverdam ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Beaverdam is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdam
  • Carriage Gate
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Carriage Gate is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Gate
  • Centurion Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Centurion Hills is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centurion Hills
  • Choice ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Choice is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choice
  • Covered Bridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Covered Bridge is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covered Bridge
  • Friendly Village of Crooked Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Heritage Station
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Heritage Station is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Station
  • Indian Crossing
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Indian Crossing is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Crossing
  • Jones Bridge Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jones Bridge Landing is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Bridge Landing
  • Lester Woods
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lester Woods is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Woods
  • Meadow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Meadow is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Mechanicsville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Mechanicsville is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
    • Overlook
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Overlook is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook
    • Peachtree Corners
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Peachtree Forest
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Peachtree Forest is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Forest
    • Peachtree Station
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Peachtree Station is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Station
    • Pebble Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Pebble Creek is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek
    • Pleasant Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Pleasant Hill is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Regency Woods
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Regency Woods is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Woods
      • Estimated population in 2019: 189 people
    • Rogers Mill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Rogers Mill is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Mill
    • Rolling Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Rolling Ridge is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Ridge
    • Smoketree
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Smoketree is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoketree
    • Waters Ferry
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Waters Ferry is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Ferry

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

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

  • Lawrenceville, which is the Seat of Gwinnett County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Hopkins Mill to Lawrenceville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 18 miles [29 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 522 miles [840.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,420 miles [10,332 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,123 miles [11,463.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,001 miles [8,048.3 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 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 Hopkins Mill 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hopkins Mill) 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 Hopkins Mill 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 Hopkins Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9487, Longitude: -84.1610       In this case, the coordinates for Hopkins Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.128 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.561 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.149 degrees.