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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 Halls Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Halls Ferry 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 Halls Ferry:
    • 36.282360, -80.562282
    • 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 Halls Ferry
  • 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 Surry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Surry County
    • Since Halls Ferry is near Yadkin County and also Forsyth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Yadkin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Forsyth 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 Halls Ferry

Communities Also Named Halls Ferry ...

We found seven communities that are also named Halls Ferry.

There is one other community in North Carolina that is also named Halls Ferry.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In North Carolina ...
    • Davie 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 North Carolina community of Halls Ferry [Davie County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Dallas County
      • This Halls Ferry is located in Dallas County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km]<2> to the southwest of the Halls Ferry that is located in Surry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Halls Ferry.
      • Talladega County
      • This Halls Ferry is located in Talladega County and lies 366 miles [589 km] to the west southwest of the Halls Ferry that is located in Surry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talladega County community of Halls Ferry.
    • Mississippi
      • Warren County
      • This Halls Ferry is located in Warren County and lies 647 miles [1,041.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Halls Ferry that is located in Surry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Halls Ferry.
    • Oregon
      • Marion 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 Oregon community of Halls Ferry [Marion County].
    • Tennessee
      • Marion County
      • This Halls Ferry is located in Marion County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Halls Ferry that is located in Surry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Halls Ferry.
      • Monroe County
      • This Halls Ferry is located in Monroe County and lies 210 miles [338 km] to the west of the Halls Ferry that is located in Surry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Halls Ferry.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Halls Ferry ...

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.

  • Cedar Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Cedar Hill is located in Surry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
  • Five Forks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Five Forks is located in Yadkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
  • Friendship
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Friendship is located in Yadkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
  • Holly Spring
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Holly Spring is located in Yadkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Spring
  • Level Cross
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Level Cross is located in Surry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Cross
  • Lime Rock ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Lime Rock is located in Surry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
  • Mount Pleasant
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Poindexter
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Poindexter is located in Yadkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
  • Shady Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Shady Grove is located in Yadkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Shoals
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Shoals is located in Surry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
  • Stony Knoll
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Stony Knoll is located in Surry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Knoll
  • Union Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
  • Union Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Union Hill is located in Yadkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill

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

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

  • Dobson, which is the Seat of Surry County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Halls Ferry to Dobson, with an average speed<3> 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.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 112 miles [180.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 264 miles [424.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,161 miles [9,915.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,864 miles [11,046.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,742 miles [7,631.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 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 Halls Ferry 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>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 from Point A (ie- Halls Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Halls Ferry 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 Halls Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2824, Longitude: -80.5623       In this case, the coordinates for Halls Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.054 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.515 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.072 degrees.