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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 Hallsport, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hallsport 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 Hallsport:
- 42.075537, -77.852832
- 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 Hallsport
- 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 Allegany County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegany County
- Since Hallsport is near Steuben County and also Potter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Potter 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 Hallsport
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hallsport ...
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.
- Eleven Mile
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eleven Mile is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleven Mile
- Elm Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Greenwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Independence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Irish Settlement
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Irish Settlement is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Settlement
- Knight Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Knight Creek is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knight Creek
- Pikeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rough and Ready
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rough and Ready is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough and Ready
- Spring Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Mills is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
- Tip Top
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tip Top is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tip Top
How Far From Hallsport to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hallsport to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hallsport and extending to:
- Belmont, which is the Seat of Allegany County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hallsport to Belmont, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 212 miles [341.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 223 miles [358.9 km] to the south (S). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,796 miles [9,327.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,516 miles [10,486.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,391 miles [7,066.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hallsport) 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 Hallsport 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 Hallsport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0755, Longitude: -77.8528 In this case, the coordinates for Hallsport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.151 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.23 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.808 degrees. |
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