Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hall, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hall and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hall
- 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:
- 37.299269, -82.770158
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Hall
- 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 Knott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Knott County
- Since Hall is near Floyd County and also Letcher County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- eBird sighting report for Letcher 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Hall ...
We found 25 communities that share the name Hall.
There are two communities within Kentucky that are also named Hall.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, 22 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Kentucky ...
- Jessamine County
- Pulaski County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- British Columbia
- This Hall lies 1,899 miles [3,056.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hall that is located in Knott County.
- California
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Maryland
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Granite County
- This Hall is located in Granite County and lies 1,676 miles [2,697.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hall that is located in Knott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Granite County community of Hall.
- Park 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 Montana community of Hall [Park County].
- New York
- Ontario County
- This Hall is located in Ontario County and lies 484 miles [778.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hall that is located in Knott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ontario County community of Hall.
- Queens 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 New York community of Hall [Queens County].
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny 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 Hall [Allegheny County].
- York County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Hall [York County].
- Quebec
- This Hall lies 811 miles [1,305.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hall that is located in Knott County.
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Marion County
- This Hall is located in Marion County and lies 722 miles [1,161.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hall that is located in Knott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Hall.
- San Saba County
- This Hall is located in San Saba County and lies 1,015 miles [1,633.5 km] to the west southwest of the Hall that is located in Knott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Saba County community of Hall.
- Washington
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hall ...
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.
- Bucklick
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Democrat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Drew
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Dry Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Halo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Harley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Hemphill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemphill
- Hemphill is located in Letcher County
- Hemphill has also been known as:
- Jackhorn
- Hollybush
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Jacks Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jacks Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Creek
- Jacks Creek is located in Floyd County
- Kite
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Lucastown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Marshall Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Branch
- Marshall Branch is located in Pike County
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Martinsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Martinsville is located in Knott County
- May
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Melvin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Pine Top
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top
- Pine Top is located in Knott County
- Martinsville
How Far From Hall 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 Hall to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hall and extending to:
- Hindman, which is the Seat of Knott County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hall to Hindman, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 130 miles [209.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 330 miles [531.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,208 miles [9,990.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,920 miles [11,136.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,796 miles [7,718.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hall. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hall) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hall. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2993, Longitude: -82.7702 In this case, the coordinates for Hall 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 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 Hall 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 Hall, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Hall to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.362 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.16 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.675 degrees. |