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 ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Halls Ferry
- 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:
- 35.617578, -84.245195
- 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 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Since Halls Ferry is near Loudon County and also Blount County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Loudon County
- eBird sighting report for Blount 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 Halls Ferry ...
We found seven communities that share the name Halls Ferry.
There is one other community in Tennessee which is also named Halls Ferry.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Marion County
- This Halls Ferry is located in Marion County and lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Halls Ferry that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Halls Ferry.
- Marion County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Dallas County
- This Halls Ferry is located in Dallas County and lies 291 miles [468.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Halls Ferry that is located in Monroe 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 175 miles [281.6 km] to the southwest of the Halls Ferry that is located in Monroe 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 442 miles [711.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Halls Ferry that is located in Monroe 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 210 miles [338 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Halls Ferry that is located in Monroe 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].
- Alabama
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.
- Big Piney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Brakebill ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Eve Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Fourmile Bridge ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fourmile Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile Bridge
- Fourmile Bridge is located in Monroe County
- Greenback
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenback
- Greenback is located in Loudon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,238 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenback <4>
- Hopewell Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hopewell Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Mill
- Hopewell Mill is located in Monroe County
- Howard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Jena
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
- Jena is located in Loudon County
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,279 people
- Little River ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
- Little River is located in Monroe County
- Maple Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Spring
- Maple Spring is located in Loudon County
- Mountainville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountainville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainville
- Mountainville is located in Monroe County
- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Union Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Union Grove is located in Blount County
How Far From Halls Ferry 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 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:
- Madisonville, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Halls Ferry to Madisonville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 146 miles [235 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 456 miles [733.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,346 miles [10,212.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,056 miles [11,355.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,932 miles [7,937.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Halls Ferry. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Monroe County: www.monroegovernment.org/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Halls Ferry) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Halls Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6176, Longitude: -84.2452 In this case, the coordinates for Halls Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | 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 Halls Ferry 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 312.231 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.916 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.76 degrees. |