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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:
- 48.774256, -96.946317
- 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 Kittson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kittson County
- Since Hallock is near Pembina County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pembina County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall 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 Minnesota, the name Hallock is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, 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 728 miles [1,171.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Hallock that is located in Kittson 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].
- Michigan
- Otsego County
- This Hallock is located in Otsego County and lies 627 miles [1,009.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Hallock that is located in Kittson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otsego County community of Hallock.
- Ohio
- Williams County
- This Hallock is located in Williams County and lies 782 miles [1,258.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Hallock that is located in Kittson 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.
- Deerwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Deerwood is located in Kittson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
- Fleece
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fleece is located in Pembina County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleece
- Humboldt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kennedy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Orleans
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Orleans is located in Kittson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Robbin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Robbin is located in Kittson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbin
- Sultan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sultan is located in Kittson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sultan
- Valley Court
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Valley Court is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Court
How Far From Hallock 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 city 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:
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 320 miles [515 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Hallock to Saint Paul, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,197 miles [1,926.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 68 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,135 miles [9,873.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,899 miles [11,102.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,844 miles [7,795.7 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 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 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: 48.7743, Longitude: -96.9463 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.945 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.665 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.727 degrees. |
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