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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 Hinton:
35.780985, -78.690560
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We found fourteen communities that are also named Hinton.
There is one other community in North Carolina that is also named Hinton.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Guilford 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 North Carolina community of Hinton [Guilford County].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Choctaw County
This Hinton is located in Choctaw County and lies 613 miles [986.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Hinton that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Choctaw County community of Hinton.
Alberta
This Hinton lies 2,225 miles [3,580.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Hinton that is located in Wake County.
California
Nevada County
This Hinton is located in Nevada County and lies 2,258 miles [3,633.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Hinton that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nevada County community of Hinton.
Georgia
Pickens County
This Hinton is located in Pickens County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Hinton that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickens County community of Hinton.
Illinois
Vermilion 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 Illinois community of Hinton [Vermilion County].
Iowa
Plymouth County
This Hinton is located in Plymouth County and lies 1,051 miles [1,691.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Hinton that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Hinton.
Kentucky
Harrison County
This Hinton is located in Harrison County and lies 370 miles [595.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Hinton that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Hinton.
Scott 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 Kentucky community of Hinton [Scott County].
Missouri
Boone County
This Hinton is located in Boone County and lies 781 miles [1,256.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Hinton that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Hinton.
Ohio
Mercer County
This Hinton is located in Mercer County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<2> to the northwest of the Hinton that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Hinton.
Oklahoma
Caddo County
This Hinton is located in Caddo County and lies 1,102 miles [1,773.5 km]<2> to the west of the Hinton that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo County community of Hinton.
Virginia
Rockingham County
This Hinton is located in Rockingham County and lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<2> to the north of the Hinton that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Hinton.
West Virginia
Summers County
This Hinton is located in Summers County and lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the Hinton that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Summers County community of Hinton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hinton ...
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.
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 Hinton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hinton and extending to:
The White House (Washington, DC) is 233 miles [375 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Hinton to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,102 miles [9,820.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,798 miles [10,940.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,679 miles [7,530.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Hinton 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 from Point A (ie- Hinton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Hinton 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 Hinton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7810, Longitude: -78.6906 In this case, the coordinates for Hinton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.981 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.213 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.493 degrees.