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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 Hoskins:
35.262641, -80.885905
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.
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The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Mecklenburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found seven communities that are also named Hoskins.
Within North Carolina, the name Hoskins is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Connecticut
Hartford County
This Hoskins is located in Hartford County and lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hoskins that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of Hoskins.
Florida
Columbia 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 Florida community of Hoskins [Columbia County].
Iowa
Woodbury 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 Iowa community of Hoskins [Woodbury County].
Kansas
Rooks 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 Kansas community of Hoskins [Rooks County].
Nebraska
Wayne County
This Hoskins is located in Wayne County and lies 1,000 miles [1,609.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hoskins that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Hoskins.
Oregon
Benton County
This Hoskins is located in Benton County and lies 2,316 miles [3,727.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hoskins that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Hoskins.
Texas
Brazoria County
This Hoskins is located in Brazoria County and lies 937 miles [1,508 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hoskins that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brazoria County community of Hoskins.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hoskins ...
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 Hoskins to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hoskins and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Hoskins to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 328 miles [527.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,220 miles [10,010.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,919 miles [11,135.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,799 miles [7,723.2 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- Hoskins) 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 Hoskins 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 Hoskins 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 Hoskins. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2626, Longitude: -80.8859 In this case, the coordinates for Hoskins have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.247 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.587 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.51 degrees.