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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 Halls Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Halls Corner and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Halls Corner:
    • 36.342450, -119.806524
    • 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 Halls Corner
  • 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 Kings County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kings County
    • Since Halls Corner is near Fresno County and also Tulare County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fresno County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tulare 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 Halls Corner

Communities Also Named Halls Corner ...

We found ten communities that are also named Halls Corner.

Within California, the name Halls Corner is unique.

Beyond California, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • This Halls Corner is located in Aroostook County and lies 2,703 miles [4,350.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Halls Corner that is located in Kings County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Halls Corner.
      • Kennebec County
      • This Halls Corner is located in Kennebec County and lies 2,658 miles [4,277.6 km] to the east northeast of the Halls Corner that is located in Kings County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kennebec County community of Halls Corner.
      • Waldo County
      • This Halls Corner is located in Waldo County and lies 2,681 miles [4,314.7 km] to the east northeast of the Halls Corner that is located in Kings County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waldo County community of Halls Corner.
    • Michigan
      • Bay 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 Halls Corner [Bay County].
      • Mecosta County
      • This Halls Corner is located in Mecosta County and lies 1,882 miles [3,028.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Halls Corner that is located in Kings County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecosta County community of Halls Corner.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Halls Corner lies 2,738 miles [4,406.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Halls Corner that is located in Kings County.
    • New York
      • Cayuga County
      • This Halls Corner is located in Cayuga County and lies 2,333 miles [3,754.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Halls Corner that is located in Kings County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cayuga County community of Halls Corner.
      • Jefferson County
      • This Halls Corner is located in Jefferson County and lies 2,356 miles [3,791.6 km] to the east northeast of the Halls Corner that is located in Kings County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Halls Corner.
      • Saratoga County
      • This Halls Corner is located in Saratoga County and lies 2,456 miles [3,952.5 km] to the east northeast of the Halls Corner that is located in Kings County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saratoga County community of Halls Corner.
      • Wyoming County
      • This Halls Corner is located in Wyoming County and lies 2,235 miles [3,596.9 km] to the east northeast of the Halls Corner that is located in Kings County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Halls Corner.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Halls Corner ...

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.

  • Caruthers
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Clint
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Clint is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clint
  • Elm View
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Elm View is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm View
  • Guernsey
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Guernsey is located in Kings County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
  • Home Garden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Home Garden is located in Kings County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Garden
  • Hub
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Hub is located in Kings County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub
  • Marsala ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Marsala is located in Kings County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsala
  • Orion ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Orion is located in Kings County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
  • Shell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Shell is located in Kings County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell
  • Wildflower
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Wildflower is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildflower

How Far From Halls Corner to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Halls Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Hanford, which is the Seat of Kings County, lies just to the East.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 179 miles [288.1 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Halls Corner to Sacramento, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,324 miles [3,740.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,456 miles [11,999.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,224 miles [13,235.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,243 miles [10,047.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<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- Halls Corner) 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 Halls Corner 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Halls Corner 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 Halls Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3424, Longitude: -119.8065       In this case, the coordinates for Halls Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.844 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.233 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.574 degrees.