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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 Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Halls Crossroads 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 Halls Crossroads:
    • 36.080359, -83.942410
    • 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 Crossroads
  • 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 Knox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
    • Since Halls Crossroads is near Anderson County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Crossroads

Communities Also Named Halls Crossroads ...

We found four communities that are also named Halls Crossroads.

Within Tennessee, the name Halls Crossroads is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Monroe County
      • This Halls Crossroads is located in Monroe County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Halls Crossroads that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Halls Crossroads.
    • Maryland
      • Kent 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 Maryland community of Halls Crossroads [Kent County].
    • North Carolina
      • Franklin County
      • This Halls Crossroads is located in Franklin County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<1> to the east of the Halls Crossroads that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Halls Crossroads.
      • Sampson County
      • This Halls Crossroads is located in Sampson County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km] to the east southeast of the Halls Crossroads that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sampson County community of Halls Crossroads.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Halls Crossroads ...

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.

  • Blueberry Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Blueberry Hills is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueberry Hills
  • Cedar Flats
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Flats is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flats
  • Cedarchase
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Cedarchase is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarchase
  • Copper Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Copper Ridge is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Ridge
    • Estimated population in 2014: 333 people
  • Dry Gap
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Dry Gap is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Gap
  • Fieldview
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Fieldview is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldview
  • Fountain City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Fountain City is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain City
  • Fountaincrest
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Fountaincrest is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountaincrest
  • Freeway
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Freeway is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeway
  • Halls
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Halls is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
  • Highland View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Highland View is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland View
  • Homestead
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Homestead is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Mapleview
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Mapleview is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleview
    • Mill Run
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Mill Run is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Run
    • Murphy Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Murphy Hills is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Hills
    • Still Brook
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Still Brook is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Brook
    • Whispering Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Whispering Hills is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Hills

How Far From Halls Crossroads 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 Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Halls Crossroads and extending to:

  • Knoxville, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies just to the South.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Halls Crossroads to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 425 miles [684 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,312 miles [10,158.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,023 miles [11,302.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,899 miles [7,884.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Halls Crossroads) 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 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 Halls Crossroads 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 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 Crossroads 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 Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0804, Longitude: -83.9424       In this case, the coordinates for Halls Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.059 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.784 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.511 degrees.