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website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
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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 Hatfield:
37.727600, -82.315975
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.
We found eighteen communities that share the name Hatfield.
Within West Virginia, the name Hatfield is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Polk County
This Hatfield is located in Polk County and lies 708 miles [1,139.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hatfield that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Hatfield.
California
Siskiyou County
This Hatfield is located in Siskiyou County and lies 2,080 miles [3,347.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hatfield that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Siskiyou County community of Hatfield.
Indiana
Spencer County
This Hatfield is located in Spencer County and lies 267 miles [429.7 km]<1> to the west of the Hatfield that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spencer County community of Hatfield.
Kansas
Finney 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 Hatfield [Finney County].
Sedgwick County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Hatfield [Sedgwick County].
Kentucky
Pike County
This Hatfield is located in Pike County and lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<1> to the west of the Hatfield that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Hatfield.
Louisiana
Winn Parish
This Hatfield is located in Winn Parish and lies 709 miles [1,141 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hatfield that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winn Parish community of Hatfield.
Massachusetts
Hampshire County
This Hatfield is located in Hampshire County and lies 604 miles [972 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hatfield that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampshire County community of Hatfield.
Minnesota
Pipestone County
This Hatfield is located in Pipestone County and lies 841 miles [1,353.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hatfield that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pipestone County community of Hatfield.
Missouri
Harrison County
This Hatfield is located in Harrison County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hatfield that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Hatfield.
New York
Saint Lawrence 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 New York community of Hatfield [Saint Lawrence County].
Ohio
Hancock County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Hancock County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Hatfield.
Perry County
This Hatfield is located in Perry County and lies 128 miles [206 km]<1> to the north of the Hatfield that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Hatfield.
Oregon
Klamath County
This Hatfield is located in Klamath County and lies 2,080 miles [3,347.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hatfield that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Klamath County community of Hatfield.
Pennsylvania
Fayette County
This Hatfield is located in Fayette County and lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hatfield that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Hatfield.
Montgomery County
This Hatfield is located in Montgomery County and lies 415 miles [667.9 km] to the east northeast of the Hatfield that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Hatfield.
Saskatchewan
This Hatfield lies 1,452 miles [2,336.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hatfield that is located in Mingo County.
Wisconsin
Jackson County
This Hatfield is located in Jackson County and lies 635 miles [1,021.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hatfield that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Hatfield.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hatfield ...
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.
Ajax (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ajax have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Hatfield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hatfield and extending to:
Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Hatfield to Charleston, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 297 miles [478 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,169 miles [9,928 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,883 miles [11,077.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,758 miles [7,657.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hatfield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hatfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7276, Longitude: -82.3160 In this case, the coordinates for Hatfield 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 Hatfield 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 Hatfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Hatfield 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 311.085 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.905 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.352 degrees.