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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 Hopeville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hopeville 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 Hopeville:
- 38.967490, -79.286806
- 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 Hopeville
- 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 Grant County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant County
- Since Hopeville is near Pendleton County and also Tucker County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pendleton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tucker 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 Hopeville
Communities Also Named Hopeville ...
We found eight communities that are also named Hopeville.
Within West Virginia, the name Hopeville is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Calhoun County
- This Hopeville is located in Calhoun County and lies 818 miles [1,316.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hopeville that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Hopeville.
- Connecticut
- New Haven County
- This Hopeville is located in New Haven County and lies 373 miles [600.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hopeville that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Hopeville.
- New London County
- This Hopeville is located in New London County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km] to the east northeast of the Hopeville that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New London County community of Hopeville.
- Indiana
- Union County
- This Hopeville is located in Union County and lies 307 miles [494.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hopeville that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Hopeville.
- Iowa
- Clarke County
- This Hopeville is located in Clarke County and lies 789 miles [1,269.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hopeville that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Hopeville.
- Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Hopeville [East Baton Rouge Parish].
- Ontario
- This Hopeville lies 361 miles [581 km]<1> to the north of the Hopeville that is located in Grant County.
- Pennsylvania
- Northampton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Hopeville [Northampton County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hopeville ...
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.
- Arthur
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brushy Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cabins
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dryfork
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jordan Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jordan Run is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Run
- Laneville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Laneville is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laneville
- Pansy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rough Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rough Run is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Run
- Seemly ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Seemly is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seemly
- Stringtown ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stringtown is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Town Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Town Hill is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Hill
- Wyoming ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wyoming is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
How Far From Hopeville 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 Hopeville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hopeville and extending to:
- Petersburg, which is the Seat of Grant County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 133 miles [214 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Hopeville to Charleston, with an average speed<5>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 120 miles [193.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,989 miles [9,638.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,700 miles [10,782.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,575 miles [7,362.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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- Hopeville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Hopeville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Hopeville 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Hopeville 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 Hopeville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9675, Longitude: -79.2868 In this case, the coordinates for Hopeville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.225 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.968 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.644 degrees. |
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