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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 Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Halls Ferry 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 Ferry:
    • 35.078409, -85.483019
    • 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 Ferry
  • 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
    • Since Halls Ferry is near Hamilton County and also Dade County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dade 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 Ferry

Communities Also Named Halls Ferry ...

We found seven communities that are also named Halls Ferry.

There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Halls Ferry.

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

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Monroe County
      • This Halls Ferry is located in Monroe County and lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Halls Ferry that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Halls Ferry.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Dallas County
      • This Halls Ferry is located in Dallas County and lies 223 miles [358.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Halls Ferry that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Halls Ferry.
      • Talladega County
      • This Halls Ferry is located in Talladega County and lies 107 miles [172.2 km] to the south southwest of the Halls Ferry that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talladega County community of Halls Ferry.
    • Mississippi
      • Warren County
      • This Halls Ferry is located in Warren County and lies 363 miles [584.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Halls Ferry that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Halls Ferry.
    • North Carolina
      • Davie 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 North Carolina community of Halls Ferry [Davie County].
      • Surry County
      • This Halls Ferry is located in Surry County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Halls Ferry that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Surry County community of Halls Ferry.
    • Oregon
      • Marion 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 Oregon community of Halls Ferry [Marion County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Halls Ferry ...

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.

  • Ebenezer
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Ebenezer is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
  • Edwards Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Edwards Point is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Point
  • Elder Mountain
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Elder Mountain is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder Mountain
  • Gardenhires Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Gardenhires Ferry is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenhires Ferry
  • Hooker
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hooker is located in Dade County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
  • Ladds
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ladds is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladds
  • Lake Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Lake Village is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
  • Mineral Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Mineral Springs is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
  • Pan Gap
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Pan Gap is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pan Gap
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Shake Rag
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Shake Rag is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shake Rag
    • Stanley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Stanley is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
    • Suck Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Suck Creek is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suck Creek
    • Sulphur Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Sulphur Springs is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
    • Valley Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Valley Village is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Village
    • Vulcan
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Vulcan is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan

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

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

  • Jasper, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies just to the West.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Halls Ferry to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 534 miles [859.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,423 miles [10,336.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,134 miles [11,481.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,010 miles [8,062.8 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 Ferry) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Halls Ferry 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 Ferry 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 Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0784, Longitude: -85.4830       In this case, the coordinates for Halls Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.96 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.678 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.405 degrees.