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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 Hull:
37.486778, -81.843727
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 nineteen communities that share the name Hull.
Within West Virginia, the name Hull is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Tuscaloosa County
This Hull is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 444 miles [714.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hull that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Hull.
Walker County
This Hull is located in Walker County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km] to the southwest of the Hull that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Hull.
Florida
DeSoto County
This Hull is located in DeSoto County and lies 715 miles [1,150.7 km]<1> to the south of the Hull that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeSoto County community of Hull.
Georgia
Clarke 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 Georgia community of Hull [Clarke County].
Madison County
This Hull is located in Madison County and lies 253 miles [407.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Hull that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Hull.
Illinois
Pike County
This Hull is located in Pike County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hull that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Hull.
Iowa
Sioux County
This Hull is located in Sioux County and lies 847 miles [1,363.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hull that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sioux County community of Hull.
Kansas
Marshall 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 Hull [Marshall County].
Massachusetts
Plymouth County
This Hull is located in Plymouth County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hull that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Hull.
Michigan
Benzie 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 Hull [Benzie County].
Minnesota
Saint Louis County
This Hull is located in Saint Louis County and lies 875 miles [1,408.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hull that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Hull.
Nebraska
Banner 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 Nebraska community of Hull [Banner County].
North Dakota
Emmons County
This Hull is located in Emmons County and lies 1,107 miles [1,781.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hull that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Emmons County community of Hull.
Ohio
Athens County
This Hull is located in Athens County and lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<1> to the north of the Hull that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Athens County community of Hull.
Ontario
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 Ontario community of Hull.
Pennsylvania
Potter 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 Hull [Potter County].
Quebec
This Hull lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Hull that is located in McDowell County.
Tennessee
Pickett 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 Tennessee community of Hull [Pickett County].
Texas
Liberty County
This Hull is located in Liberty County and lies 890 miles [1,432.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hull that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Hull.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hull ...
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.
Apple Grove (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Apple Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hull to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hull and extending to:
Welch, which is the Seat of McDowell County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hull to Welch, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 60 miles [96.6 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 278 miles [447.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,161 miles [9,915.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,872 miles [11,059.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,748 miles [7,641.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hull) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hull. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4868, Longitude: -81.8437 In this case, the coordinates for Hull 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 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 Hull 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 Hull 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 310.802 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.547 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.226 degrees.