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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 Hamrick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hamrick 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 Hamrick:
- 35.810049, -82.198666
- 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 Hamrick
- 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 Yancey County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yancey County
- Since Hamrick is near McDowell County and also Mitchell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McDowell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mitchell 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 Hamrick
Communities Also Named Hamrick ...
We found two communities that are also named Hamrick.
Within North Carolina, the name Hamrick is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Putnam 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 Indiana community of Hamrick [Putnam County].
- Texas
- Coleman County
- This Hamrick is located in Coleman County and lies 1,026 miles [1,651.2 km]<2> to the west of the Hamrick that is located in Yancey County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coleman County community of Hamrick.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hamrick ...
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.
- Blue Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blue Rock is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Rock
- Cattail Creek Community
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Double Island
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Graphite
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Graphite is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graphite
- Grassy Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grassy Creek is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
- Lincoln Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Park is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Little Switzerland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Low Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Gardens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Gardens is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Gardens
- Spruce Pine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Strawberry Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Strawberry Ridge is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Ridge
- Toms Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Toms Creek is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms Creek
- Wing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Wing is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
- Woodlawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Woodlawn is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Hamrick 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 Hamrick to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hamrick and extending to:
- Burnsville, which is the Seat of Yancey County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hamrick to Burnsville, 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.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 199 miles [320.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 354 miles [569.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,252 miles [10,061.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,957 miles [11,196.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,834 miles [7,779.6 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 Hamrick 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hamrick) 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 Hamrick 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 Hamrick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8100, Longitude: -82.1987 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.016 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.548 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.872 degrees. |
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