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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 Hopkins, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hopkins 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 Hopkins:
    • 33.905439, -80.877050
    • 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 Hopkins
  • 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 Richland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Richland County
    • Since Hopkins is near Calhoun County and also Lexington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lexington 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 Hopkins

Communities Also Named Hopkins ...

We found twenty communities that are also named Hopkins.

Within South Carolina, the name Hopkins is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of twenty communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Hopkins is located in Jefferson County and lies 357 miles [574.5 km]<1> to the west of the Hopkins that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Hopkins.
    • Colorado
      • Pitkin 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 Colorado community of Hopkins [Pitkin County].
    • Florida
      • Brevard 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 Hopkins [Brevard County].
    • Georgia
      • Ware County
      • This Hopkins is located in Ware County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Hopkins that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ware County community of Hopkins.
    • Kansas
      • Butler County
      • This Hopkins is located in Butler County and lies 937 miles [1,508 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hopkins that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Hopkins.
    • Michigan
      • Allegan County
      • This Hopkins is located in Allegan County and lies 657 miles [1,057.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Hopkins that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegan County community of Hopkins.
      • Kalamazoo 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 Michigan community of Hopkins [Kalamazoo County].
    • Minnesota
      • Hennepin County
      • This Hopkins is located in Hennepin County and lies 1,010 miles [1,625.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hopkins that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hennepin County community of Hopkins.
    • Mississippi
      • Tippah 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 Mississippi community of Hopkins [Tippah County].
    • Missouri
      • Nodaway County
      • This Hopkins is located in Nodaway County and lies 891 miles [1,433.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hopkins that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nodaway County community of Hopkins.
    • Montana
      • Mineral County
      • This Hopkins is located in Mineral County and lies 1,985 miles [3,194.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hopkins that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mineral County community of Hopkins.
    • North Carolina
      • Davidson 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 North Carolina community of Hopkins [Davidson County].
      • Wake County
      • This Hopkins is located in Wake County and lies 197 miles [317 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hopkins that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Hopkins.
    • Ohio
      • Lake County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Lake County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Hopkins.
    • Oklahoma
      • Cimarron County
      • This Hopkins is located in Cimarron County and lies 1,208 miles [1,944.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hopkins that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cimarron County community of Hopkins.
    • Oregon
      • Clatsop 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 Oregon community of Hopkins [Clatsop County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Jefferson 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 Pennsylvania community of Hopkins [Jefferson County].
    • Virginia
      • Accomack County
      • This Hopkins is located in Accomack County and lies 394 miles [634.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hopkins that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Accomack County community of Hopkins.
    • West Virginia
      • Boone County
      • This Hopkins is located in Boone County and lies 294 miles [473.1 km]<1> to the north of the Hopkins that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Hopkins.
    • Wyoming
      • Sweetwater 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 Wyoming community of Hopkins [Sweetwater County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hopkins ...

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.

  • Childs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Childs is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs
  • Dominion Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Dominion Hills is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion Hills
  • Galaxy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Galaxy is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galaxy
  • Gordon Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Gordon Springs is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Springs
  • Heritage Woods
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Heritage Woods is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Woods
  • Independents
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Independents is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independents
  • Lee Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Lee Hills is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Hills
  • Meadowfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Meadowfield is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowfield
  • Mountain Brook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Mountain Brook is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Brook
  • Quail Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Quail Creek is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Creek
  • Quail Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Quail Hills is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hills
  • Starlite
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Starlite is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starlite
  • Yorkshire
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Yorkshire is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire

How Far From Hopkins 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 Hopkins to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hopkins and extending to:

  • Columbia, which is the Seat of Richland County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hopkins to Columbia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 405 miles [651.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,280 miles [10,106.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,973 miles [11,222 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,856 miles [7,815 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Hopkins) 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 Hopkins 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>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 Hopkins, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Hopkins 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 Hopkins. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9054, Longitude: -80.8770    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.232 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.374 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.899 degrees.