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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 Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Halls Corner 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 Halls Corner:
- 44.199781, -75.698828
- 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 Corner
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Halls Corner is near Saint Lawrence County and also Lewis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Lawrence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis 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 Corner
Communities Also Named Halls Corner ...
We found ten communities that are also named Halls Corner.
There are three communities within New York that are also named Halls Corner.
Beyond New York, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Cayuga County
- This Halls Corner is located in Cayuga County and lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Halls Corner that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cayuga County community of Halls Corner.
- Saratoga County
- This Halls Corner is located in Saratoga County and lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Halls Corner that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saratoga County community of Halls Corner.
- Wyoming County
- This Halls Corner is located in Wyoming County and lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Halls Corner that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Halls Corner.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Kings County
- This Halls Corner is located in Kings County and lies 2,356 miles [3,791.6 km]<1> to the west of the Halls Corner that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kings County community of Halls Corner.
- Maine
- Aroostook County
- This Halls Corner is located in Aroostook County and lies 379 miles [609.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Halls Corner that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Halls Corner.
- Kennebec County
- This Halls Corner is located in Kennebec County and lies 303 miles [487.6 km] to the east of the Halls Corner that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kennebec County community of Halls Corner.
- Waldo County
- This Halls Corner is located in Waldo County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km] to the east of the Halls Corner that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waldo County community of Halls Corner.
- Michigan
- Bay 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 Michigan community of Halls Corner [Bay County].
- Mecosta County
- This Halls Corner is located in Mecosta County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<1> to the west of the Halls Corner that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecosta County community of Halls Corner.
- New Brunswick
- This Halls Corner lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Halls Corner that is located in Jefferson County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Halls Corner ...
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.
- Douglas Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Douglas Crossing is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Crossing
- Dutch Settlement
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dutch Settlement is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Settlement
- Evans Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fargo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fargo is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Felts Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Great Bend
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Herrings
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Herrings is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings
- Estimated population in 2017: 90 people
- Nelson Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Nelson Corner is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson Corner
- Orleans Four Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Orleans Four Corners is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans Four Corners
- Oxbow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pikes Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pikes Corner is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Corner
- Reedville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Reedville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedville
How Far From Halls Corner 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 Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Halls Corner and extending to:
- Watertown, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Halls Corner to Watertown, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 144 miles [231.7 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 372 miles [598.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,621 miles [9,046.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,344 miles [10,209.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,221 miles [6,793 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 from Point A (ie- Halls Corner) 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 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 Corner 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 Halls Corner 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 Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1998, Longitude: -75.6988 In this case, the coordinates for Halls Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.583 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.806 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.846 degrees. |
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