Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Halfway, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Halfway and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Halfway
- 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 Halfway:
- 43.027085, -76.393165
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Halfway
- 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 Onondaga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Onondaga County
- Since Halfway is near Cayuga County and also Oswego County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cayuga County
- eBird sighting report for Oswego 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Halfway ...
We found 23 communities that share the name Halfway.
Within New York, the name Halfway is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, nineteen are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Kentucky
- Allen County
- This Halfway is located in Allen County and lies 677 miles [1,089.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Halfway that is located in Onondaga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Halfway.
- Barren County
- This Halfway is located in Barren County and lies 643 miles [1,034.8 km] to the southwest of the Halfway that is located in Onondaga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barren County community of Halfway.
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Manitoba
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Maryland
- Missouri
- New Brunswick
- This Halfway lies 598 miles [962.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Halfway that is located in Onondaga County.
- New Mexico
- Nova Scotia
- This Halfway lies 578 miles [930.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Halfway that is located in Onondaga County.
- Ontario
- This Halfway lies 175 miles [281.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Halfway that is located in Onondaga County.
- Oregon
- Baker County
- This Halfway is located in Baker County and lies 2,006 miles [3,228.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Halfway that is located in Onondaga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baker County community of Halfway.
- Union County
- 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 Oregon community of Halfway [Union County].
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Halfway ...
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.
- Amboy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Bangall
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Garden Terrace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Terrace
- Garden Terrace is located in Onondaga County
- Jacks Reef
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Reef
- Jacks Reef is located in Onondaga County
- Jones Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Point
- Jones Point is located in Onondaga County
- Jordan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Jordan is located in Onondaga County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,294 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jordan <5>
- Long Bridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bridge
- Long Bridge is located in Onondaga County
- Marysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marysville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Marysville is located in Onondaga County
- Orchard Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Village
- Orchard Village is located in Onondaga County
- Parson Farms
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parson Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parson Farms
- Parson Farms is located in Onondaga County
- Peru
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Pump Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pump Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pump Corners
- Pump Corners is located in Cayuga County
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- Stanley Manor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanley Manor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Manor
- Stanley Manor is located in Onondaga County
- Sweets Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweets Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweets Crossing
- Sweets Crossing is located in Onondaga County
- Wicks Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wicks Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wicks Corners
- Wicks Corners is located in Cayuga County
- Willow Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
- Willow Glen is located in Onondaga County
- Stanley Manor
How Far From Halfway 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 Halfway to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Halfway and extending to:
- Syracuse, which is the Seat of Onondaga County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Halfway to Syracuse, with an average speed<6> 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.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 135 miles [217.3 km] to the east (E). 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 287 miles [461.9 km] to the south (S). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,697 miles [9,168.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,418 miles [10,328.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,293 miles [6,908.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Halfway. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Onondaga County: www.ongov.net/
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Halfway) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Halfway. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0271, Longitude: -76.3932 In this case, the coordinates for Halfway have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Halfway, 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 Halfway 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Halfway to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.152 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.255 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.715 degrees. |