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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 Hallwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hallwood 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 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.
    • Open 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:
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Hallwood

Communities Also Named Hallwood ...

We found five communities that are also named Hallwood.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Hallwood is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Yuba County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Hallwood [Yuba County].
    • Georgia
      • Putnam County
      • This Hallwood is located in Putnam County and lies 679 miles [1,092.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Hallwood that is located in Luzerne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Hallwood.
    • 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
      • Mason County
      • This Hallwood is located in Mason County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Hallwood that is located in Luzerne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Hallwood.

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)
    • Dogtown is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
  • Dundee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Dundee is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
  • Fades
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Fades is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fades
  • Harveyville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Harveyville is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveyville
  • Hughs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Hughs is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughs
  • Lee
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lee is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
  • Loyalville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Loyalville is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalville
  • Marshall Hollow
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Marshall Hollow is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Hollow
  • Meeker
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Meeker is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
  • Pikes Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Pikes Creek is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Creek
  • Pond Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Pond Hill is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Hill
  • Red Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Red Hill is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Register
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Register is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Register
    • Roaring Brook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Roaring Brook is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Brook
    • Silkworth
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Silkworth is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silkworth
    • Sweet Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Town Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Town Hill is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Hill

How Far From Hallwood 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 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<4> 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<5> 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).<6>
  • 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).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,349 miles [6,999 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hallwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Hallwood 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 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).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.163 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.979 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.375 degrees.