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.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hope Mills
- 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:
- 41.190337, -80.227285
- 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.
- 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 Mercer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Mercer County
- Since Hope Mills is near Lawrence County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- eBird sighting report for Butler 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Hope Mills ...
We found two communities that share the name Hope Mills.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Hope Mills is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Cumberland County
- This Hope Mills is located in Cumberland County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km]<1> to the south of the Hope Mills that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland 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].
- North Carolina
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.
- Amsterdam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Bowie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Carbon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Coolspring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolspring
- Coolspring is located in Mercer County
- Cottage Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottage Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Cottage Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Delaware Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delaware Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Grove
- Delaware Grove is located in Mercer County
- Greenfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Greenfield is located in Mercer County
- Indian Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Run
- Indian Run is located in Mercer County
- Irishtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Leesburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Leesburg is located in Mercer County
- London
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Lyle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Mayville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Perrys Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corners
- Perrys Corners is located in Mercer County
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 community 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:
- Mercer, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Hope Mills to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 231 miles [371.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,930 miles [9,543.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,651 miles [10,703.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,527 miles [7,285.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hope Mills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Mercer County: www.mcc.co.mercer.pa.us/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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 from Point A (ie- Hope Mills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hope Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1903, Longitude: -80.2273 In this case, the coordinates for Hope Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 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> | 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. |
| <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. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.69 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.835 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.254 degrees. |