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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 Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Halls Creek 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 Creek:
- 36.190058, -87.821970
- 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 Creek
- 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 Humphreys County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Humphreys County
- Since Halls Creek is near Houston County and also Benton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton 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 Creek
Curious and Interesting Names Near Halls Creek ...
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.
- Bass Bay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bass Bay is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Bay
- Cross Roads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cross Roads is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Danville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Danville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Denmark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Denmark is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Elysian Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Elysian Grove is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elysian Grove
- Erin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forks of Blue Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forks of Blue Creek is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Blue Creek
- Grays Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Grays Crossing is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Crossing
- Griffin ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Griffin is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Lewis Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis Branch is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Branch
- Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Magnolia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Pigeon Roost
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pigeon Roost is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Roost
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,132 people
- Silvertop
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Silvertop is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvertop
- Tennessee Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Trinity
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Trinity is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Estimated population in 2014: 625 people
How Far From Halls Creek 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 Halls Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Halls Creek and extending to:
- Waverly, which is the Seat of Humphreys County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Halls Creek to Nashville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 618 miles [994.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,465 miles [10,404.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,186 miles [11,564.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,062 miles [8,146.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Halls Creek) 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 Halls Creek 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 Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1901, Longitude: -87.8220 In this case, the coordinates for Halls Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.446 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.545 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.132 degrees. |
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