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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 Hallsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hallsville 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 Hallsville:
    • 39.119134, -92.227574
    • 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 Hallsville
  • 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 Boone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Boone County
    • Since Hallsville is near Callaway County and also Audrain County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Callaway County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Audrain 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 Hallsville

Communities Also Named Hallsville ...

We found ten communities that are also named Hallsville.

There is one other community in Missouri that is also named Hallsville.

Beyond Missouri, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Missouri ...
    • Ray County
      • Although located in Ray County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ray County community of Hallsville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Pike County
      • This Hallsville is located in Pike County and lies 614 miles [988.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Hallsville that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Hallsville.
    • Arkansas
      • Prairie County
      • This Hallsville is located in Prairie County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km]<1> to the south of the Hallsville that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prairie County community of Hallsville.
    • Illinois
      • De Witt County
      • This Hallsville is located in De Witt County and lies 181 miles [291.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hallsville that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the De Witt County community of Hallsville.
    • New Hampshire
      • Hillsborough 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 Hampshire community of Hallsville [Hillsborough County].
    • New York
      • Montgomery County
      • This Hallsville is located in Montgomery County and lies 948 miles [1,525.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hallsville that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Hallsville.
    • North Carolina
      • Duplin County
      • This Hallsville is located in Duplin County and lies 843 miles [1,356.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Hallsville that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duplin County community of Hallsville.
    • Ohio
      • Ross County
      • This Hallsville is located in Ross County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km]<1> to the east of the Hallsville that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ross County community of Hallsville.
    • Texas
      • Harrison County
      • This Hallsville is located in Harrison County and lies 475 miles [764.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Hallsville that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Hallsville.
    • West Virginia
      • McDowell 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 West Virginia community of Hallsville [McDowell County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hallsville ...

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.

  • Bourbon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bourbon is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourbon
  • Clark
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Clark is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
  • Everett ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Everett is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
  • Harrisburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Minnie
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Minnie is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnie
  • Points ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Points is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Points
  • Stapletown ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Stapletown is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapletown
  • Sturgeon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Woodlandville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Woodlandville is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlandville
  • Youngers
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Youngers is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngers

How Far From Hallsville 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 Hallsville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Columbia, which is the Seat of Boone County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hallsville to Columbia, with an average speed<4> 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.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 37 miles [59.5 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 814 miles [1,310 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,487 miles [10,439.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,227 miles [11,630.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,112 miles [8,227 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hallsville) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Hallsville 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 Hallsville 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 Hallsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1191, Longitude: -92.2276       In this case, the coordinates for Hallsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.44 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.396 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.508 degrees.