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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 Hope Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hope Mills 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 Hope Mills:
- 34.970973, -78.945644
- 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 Hope Mills
- 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
- Since Hope Mills is near Robeson County and also Hoke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Robeson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hoke 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 Hope Mills
Communities Also Named Hope Mills ...
We found two communities that are also named Hope Mills.
Within North Carolina, the name Hope Mills is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Mercer County
- This Hope Mills is located in Mercer County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km]<1> to the north of the Hope Mills that is located in Cumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Hope Mills.
- Virginia
- Page 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 Hope Mills [Page County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hope Mills ...
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.
- Bordeaux
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bordeaux is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordeaux
- Creekbend
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Creekbend is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekbend
- Crossgates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crossgates is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossgates
- Crystal Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Crystal Park is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Park
- Decker Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Decker Heights is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker Heights
- Ducks Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ducks Landing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducks Landing
- Emerald Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Emerald Gardens is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Gardens
- Holiday Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Holiday Park is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
- Legion Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Legion Park is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legion Park
- Phoenician Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Phoenician Woods is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenician Woods
- Quail Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Quail Ridge is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Queensdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Queensdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensdale
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Shadowlawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shadowlawn is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowlawn
- Stoney Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Timberlake
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Timberlake is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Vineland Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vineland Park is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland Park
- Winter Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Winter Park is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Park
- Woods Edge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Woods Edge is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Edge
How Far From Hope Mills 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 town such as Hope Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hope Mills and extending to:
- Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Hope Mills to Raleigh, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 290 miles [466.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,149 miles [9,895.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,841 miles [11,009.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,723 miles [7,600.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Hope Mills) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Hope Mills 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'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 Hope Mills 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 Hope Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9710, Longitude: -78.9456 In this case, the coordinates for Hope Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.14 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.275 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.852 degrees. |
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