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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:
    • 38.090378, -81.853735
    • 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 Boone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Boone County
    • Since Hopkins is near Lincoln County and also Logan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Logan 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 West Virginia, the name Hopkins is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, 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 432 miles [695.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hopkins that is located in Boone 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 492 miles [791.8 km]<1> to the south of the Hopkins that is located in Boone 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 819 miles [1,318.1 km]<1> to the west of the Hopkins that is located in Boone 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 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Hopkins that is located in Boone 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 760 miles [1,223.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hopkins that is located in Boone 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 712 miles [1,145.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hopkins that is located in Boone 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 1,775 miles [2,856.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hopkins that is located in Boone 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 245 miles [394.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Hopkins that is located in Boone 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 1,110 miles [1,786.4 km]<1> to the west of the Hopkins that is located in Boone 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].
    • South Carolina
      • Richland County
      • This Hopkins is located in Richland County and lies 294 miles [473.1 km]<1> to the south of the Hopkins that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Hopkins.
    • Virginia
      • Accomack County
      • This Hopkins is located in Accomack County and lies 335 miles [539.1 km]<1> to the east of the Hopkins that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Accomack 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.

  • Danville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Fork Junction
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fork Junction is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Junction
  • Greenview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Greenview is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenview
  • Horse Creek Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Horse Creek Junction is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek Junction
  • Julian
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Julian is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julian
  • Layville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Layville is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layville
  • Low Gap
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Low Gap is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
  • Price Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Price Hill is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Hill
  • Ridgeview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Ridgeview is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
  • Rock Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Rock Creek is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
  • Turtle Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Turtle Creek is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Creek
  • Turtletown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Turtletown is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtletown

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:

  • Madison, which is the Seat of Boone County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Hopkins to Charleston, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 266 miles [428.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,134 miles [9,871.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,848 miles [11,020.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,723 miles [7,600.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' 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 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 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'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 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: 38.0904, Longitude: -81.8537       In this case, the coordinates for Hopkins have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.80 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.633 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.041 degrees.