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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 Union Hope, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Union Hope 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 Union Hope:
- 35.842533, -78.219933
- 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 Union Hope
- 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 Nash County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nash County
- Since Union Hope is near Franklin County and also Johnston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnston 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 Union Hope
Curious and Interesting Names Near Union Hope ...
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.
- Daddysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Daddysville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daddysville
- Gold Valley Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Middlesex
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Middlesex is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
- Pilot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pilot is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot
- Pine Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pine Ridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Rocky Cross
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rocky Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Cross
- Rogers Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Social Plains
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Social Plains is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Social Plains
How Far From Union Hope to ...
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 Union Hope to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Union Hope and extending to:
- Nashville, which is the Seat of Nash County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Union Hope to Nashville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 23 miles [37 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 220 miles [354.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,079 miles [9,783.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,773 miles [10,900.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,655 miles [7,491.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Union Hope) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Union Hope 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 Union Hope. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8425, Longitude: -78.2199 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.711 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.914 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.291 degrees. |
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