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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 Hall City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hall City 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 Hall City:
    • 26.878394, -81.326462
    • 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 Hall City
  • 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 Glades County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Glades County
    • Since Hall City is near Hendry County and also Highlands County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hendry County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Highlands 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 Hall City

Communities Also Named Hall City ...

We found one communities that are also named Hall City.

Within Florida, the name Hall City is unique.

Beyond Florida, there is another community also named Hall City in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Shasta County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Shasta County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of Hall City.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hall City ...

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.

  • Bear Hollow
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Bear Hollow is located in Highlands County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Hollow
  • Childs
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Childs is located in Highlands County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs
  • Harlem
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Harlem is located in Hendry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
  • Harrisburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Harrisburg is located in Glades County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
  • Hooker Point
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Hooker Point is located in Hendry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker Point
  • Liberty Point
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Liberty Point is located in Glades County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Point
  • Monkey Box
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Monkey Box is located in Glades County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkey Box
  • Placid Lakes
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Placid Lakes is located in Highlands County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placid Lakes
  • Sparkman
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Sparkman is located in Charlotte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparkman
  • Sugar Junction
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Sugar Junction is located in Hendry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Junction
  • Tuckers Corner
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Tuckers Corner is located in Charlotte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Corner

How Far From Hall City to ...

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 Hall City to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hall City and extending to:

  • Moore Haven, which is the Seat of Glades County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hall City to Moore Haven, with an average speed<3> 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.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 304 miles [489.2 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 18 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 866 miles [1,393.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,614 miles [10,644.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,273 miles [11,704.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,181 miles [8,338 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Hall City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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- Hall City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Hall City 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 Hall City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.8784, Longitude: -81.3265       In this case, the coordinates for Hall City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.157 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.303 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.76 degrees.