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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 Hopedale:
35.69946, -78.633487
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We found ten communities that share the name Hopedale.
There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Hopedale.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Alamance County
This Hopedale is located in Alamance County and lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hopedale that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alamance County community of Hopedale.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Desha County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Hopedale [Desha County].
Florida
Suwannee County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Hopedale [Suwannee County].
Illinois
Tazewell County
This Hopedale is located in Tazewell County and lies 669 miles [1,076.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hopedale that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Hopedale.
Louisiana
Saint Bernard Parish
This Hopedale is located in Saint Bernard Parish and lies 757 miles [1,218.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hopedale that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Bernard Parish community of Hopedale.
Massachusetts
Worcester County
This Hopedale is located in Worcester County and lies 584 miles [939.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hopedale that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Hopedale.
Mississippi
Issaquena County
This Hopedale is located in Issaquena County and lies 730 miles [1,174.8 km]<1> to the west of the Hopedale that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Issaquena County community of Hopedale.
Newfoundland and Labrador
This Hopedale lies 1,618 miles [2,603.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Hopedale that is located in Wake County.
Ohio
Harrison County
This Hopedale is located in Harrison County and lies 342 miles [550.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Hopedale that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Hopedale.
Texas
Maverick County
This Hopedale is located in Maverick County and lies 1,360 miles [2,188.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hopedale that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maverick County community of Hopedale.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hopedale ...
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.
Cloverdale (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hopedale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hopedale and extending to:
The White House (Washington, DC) is 237 miles [381.4 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Hopedale to White House, with an average speed<5>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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,103 miles [9,821.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
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).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,679 miles [7,530.1 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hopedale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hopedale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6995, Longitude: -78.6335
<2>
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 Hopedale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Hopedale 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.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Hopedale to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.95 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.166 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.498 degrees.