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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 Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Halls Mills 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 Mills:
    • 36.292353, -81.210367
    • 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 Mills
  • 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 Wilkes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wilkes County
    • Since Halls Mills is near Alleghany County and also Ashe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Alleghany County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ashe 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 Mills

Communities Also Named Halls Mills ...

We found four communities that are also named Halls Mills.

Within North Carolina, the name Halls Mills is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maine
      • Washington County
      • This Halls Mills is located in Washington County and lies 934 miles [1,503.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Halls Mills that is located in Wilkes County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Halls Mills.
    • New York
      • Sullivan County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Sullivan County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Halls Mills.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Halls Mills.
    • West Virginia
      • Wetzel County
      • This Halls Mills is located in Wetzel County and lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<1> to the north of the Halls Mills that is located in Wilkes County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wetzel County community of Halls Mills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Halls Mills ...

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.

  • Brewers ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Brewers is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewers
  • Cricket
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Cricket is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cricket
  • Cricket Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Cricket Park is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cricket Park
  • Dockery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Dockery is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dockery
  • Fairplains
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairplains is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplains
  • Hay Meadow ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hay Meadow is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Meadow
  • Hays
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lester ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lester is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
  • Mulberry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Mulberry is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
  • Newlife ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Newlife is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlife
  • Offer ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Offer is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Offer
  • Pleasant Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Alleghany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Sunset Falls
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Sunset Falls is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Falls
    • Whitty ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Whitty is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitty
    • Wildwood Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Wildwood Park is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Park
    • Zebra ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Zebra is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebra

How Far From Halls Mills to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers 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 Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Wilkesboro, which is the Seat of Wilkes County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Halls Mills to Wilkesboro, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 147 miles [236.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 290 miles [466.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,188 miles [9,958.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,893 miles [11,093.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,770 miles [7,676.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Halls Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Halls Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Halls Mills 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Mills 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 Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2924, Longitude: -81.2104       In this case, the coordinates for Halls Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.434 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.951 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.33 degrees.