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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 Hally, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hally 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 Hally:
- 34.508994, -90.362042
- 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 Hally
- 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 Tunica County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tunica County
- Since Hally is near Coahoma County and also Quitman County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coahoma County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Quitman 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 Hally
Communities Also Named Hally ...
We found one communities that are also named Hally.
Within Mississippi, the name Hally is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, there is another community also named Hally in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Stanislaus County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Hally [Stanislaus County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hally ...
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.
- Birdie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Birdie is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdie
- Carter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carter is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
- Dubbs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dubbs is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubbs
- Dundee
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Eleanor ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Eleanor is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleanor
- Little Texas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Little Texas is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Mascot ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mascot is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
- Maud
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Maud is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
- Moon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Moon is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon
- Moon Lake ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Moon Lake is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Lake
- Pink
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pink is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
- Rich
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rich is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich
- Sarah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sarah is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarah
How Far From Hally 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 Hally to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Hally and extending to:
- Tunica, which is the Seat of Tunica County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Hally to Tunica, 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.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 152 miles [244.6 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 796 miles [1,281 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,648 miles [10,698.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,370 miles [11,860.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,246 miles [8,442.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Hally 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hally) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Hally 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 Hally. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5090, Longitude: -90.3620 In this case, the coordinates for Hally have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.94 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.044 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.579 degrees. |
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