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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 Hopeville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hopeville 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 Hopeville:
    • 30.344638, -90.983712
    • 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 Hopeville
  • 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 parish-by-parish basis. We have selected East Baton Rouge Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Since Hopeville is near Ascension Parish and also Iberville Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ascension Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Iberville Parish
  • 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 Hopeville

Communities Also Named Hopeville ...

We found eight communities that are also named Hopeville.

Within Louisiana, the name Hopeville is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, 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 ...
    • Arkansas
      • Calhoun County
      • This Hopeville is located in Calhoun County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Hopeville that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Hopeville.
    • Connecticut
      • New Haven County
      • This Hopeville is located in New Haven County and lies 1,261 miles [2,029.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hopeville that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Hopeville.
      • New London County
      • This Hopeville is located in New London County and lies 1,313 miles [2,113.1 km] to the northeast of the Hopeville that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New London County community of Hopeville.
    • Indiana
      • Union County
      • This Hopeville is located in Union County and lies 729 miles [1,173.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Hopeville that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Hopeville.
    • Iowa
      • Clarke County
      • This Hopeville is located in Clarke County and lies 750 miles [1,207 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Hopeville that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Hopeville.
    • Ontario
      • This Hopeville lies 1,108 miles [1,783.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Hopeville that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Northampton 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 Pennsylvania community of Hopeville [Northampton County].
    • West Virginia
      • Grant County
      • This Hopeville is located in Grant County and lies 890 miles [1,432.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hopeville that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Hopeville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hopeville ...

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.

  • Foreman
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Foreman is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreman
  • Fox Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Fox Run is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
  • Highland Community
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Highland Community is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Community
  • Highlandia
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Highlandia is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highlandia
  • Hobart
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hobart is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
  • Little Prairie
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Little Prairie is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Prairie
  • Oak Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Oak Grove is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Pecan Cove
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Pecan Cove is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Cove
  • Pecan Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Pecan Creek is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Creek
  • Prairieville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Round Oak
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Round Oak is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Oak

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Hopeville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Hopeville and extending to:

  • Baton Rouge, which is the Seat of East Baton Rouge Parish, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hopeville to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<5> 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.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 986 miles [1,586.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,880 miles [11,072.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,589 miles [12,213.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,465 miles [8,795.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hopeville) 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 Hopeville 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 parish. 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hopeville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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.
<6>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 Hopeville 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 Hopeville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.3446, Longitude: -90.9837       In this case, the coordinates for Hopeville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.921 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.463 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.517 degrees.