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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 Hallock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hallock 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 Hallock:
- 45.072212, -84.775906
- 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 Hallock
- 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 Otsego County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otsego County
- Since Hallock is near Charlevoix County and also Antrim County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charlevoix County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Antrim 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 Hallock
Communities Also Named Hallock ...
We found four communities that are also named Hallock.
Within Michigan, the name Hallock is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Iroquois County
- This Hallock is located in Iroquois County and lies 342 miles [550.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Hallock that is located in Otsego County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iroquois County community of Hallock.
- Peoria 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 Illinois community of Hallock [Peoria County].
- Minnesota
- Kittson County
- This Hallock is located in Kittson County and lies 627 miles [1,009.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hallock that is located in Otsego County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kittson County community of Hallock.
- Ohio
- Williams County
- This Hallock is located in Williams County and lies 245 miles [394.3 km]<1> to the south of the Hallock that is located in Otsego County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williams County community of Hallock.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hallock ...
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.
- Advance
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Advance is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Goo ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Graves Crossing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Graves Crossing is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves Crossing
- Green River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Green River is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River
- Green Timbers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Chub Landing ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pearll City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pearll City is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearll City
- Wildwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wildwood is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Wolverine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Hallock 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 Hallock to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hallock and extending to:
- Gaylord, which is the Seat of Otsego County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Hallock to Lansing, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 582 miles [936.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,927 miles [9,538.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,669 miles [10,732.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,557 miles [7,333.8 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hallock) 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 Hallock 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 Hallock 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 Hallock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0722, Longitude: -84.7759 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.433 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.525 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.077 degrees. |
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