Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hallwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hallwood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hallwood
- 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 Hallwood:
- 41.224249, -76.123261
- 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 Hallwood
- 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 Luzerne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Luzerne County
- Since Hallwood is near Columbia County and also Wyoming County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- eBird sighting report for Wyoming 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 Hallwood ...
We found five communities that share the name Hallwood.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Hallwood is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Georgia
- Virginia
- Accomack County
- This Hallwood is located in Accomack County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<2> to the south of the Hallwood that is located in Luzerne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Accomack County community of Hallwood.
- Hampton City
- This Hallwood is located in Hampton City and lies 287 miles [461.9 km] to the south of the Hallwood that is located in Luzerne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampton City community of Hallwood.
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hallwood ...
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.
- Dogtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Dundee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Fades
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Harveyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveyville
- Harveyville is located in Luzerne County
- Hughs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Lee
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Loyalville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loyalville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalville
- Loyalville is located in Luzerne County
- Marshall Hollow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Hollow
- Marshall Hollow is located in Luzerne County
- Meeker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
- Meeker is located in Luzerne County
- Pikes Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pikes Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Creek
- Pikes Creek is located in Luzerne County
- Pond Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Red Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Continue List (5 more) ...
- Register
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Roaring Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roaring Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Brook
- Roaring Brook is located in Luzerne County
- Silkworth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Sweet Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweet Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Valley
- Sweet Valley is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sweet Valley <4>
- Town Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Register
How Far From Hallwood 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 Hallwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hallwood and extending to:
- Wilkes-Barre, which is the Seat of Luzerne County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Hallwood to Wilkes-Barre, with an average speed<5> 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.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 76 miles [122.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 167 miles [268.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,761 miles [9,271.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,474 miles [10,418.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,349 miles [6,999 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hallwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Luzerne County: www.luzernecounty.org/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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 Hallwood 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hallwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hallwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2242, Longitude: -76.1233 In this case, the coordinates for Hallwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Hallwood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.163 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.979 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.375 degrees. |