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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, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Halls 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:
    • 36.082026, -83.932687
    • 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
  • 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 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

Communities Also Named Halls ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Halls.

There are two communities within Tennessee that are also named Halls.

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

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Benton County
      • This Halls is located in Benton County and lies 236 miles [379.8 km]<1> to the west of the Halls that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Halls.
    • Lauderdale County
      • This Halls is located in Lauderdale County and lies 306 miles [492.5 km]<1> to the west of the Halls that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Halls.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Alameda 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 California community of Halls [Alameda County].
    • Georgia
      • Bartow County
      • This Halls is located in Bartow County and lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Halls that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bartow County community of Halls.
    • Maine
      • Penobscot 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 Maine community of Halls [Penobscot County].
    • Maryland
      • Prince George's 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 [Prince George's County].
    • Michigan
      • Muskegon 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 Michigan community of Halls [Muskegon County].
    • Missouri
      • Buchanan County
      • This Halls is located in Buchanan County and lies 649 miles [1,044.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Halls that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buchanan County community of Halls.
      • Lafayette 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 Missouri community of Halls [Lafayette County].
    • North Carolina
      • Columbus County
      • This Halls is located in Columbus County and lies 321 miles [516.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Halls that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbus County community of Halls.
      • Hertford 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 [Hertford County].
    • Ohio
      • Harrison County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Harrison County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Halls.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lycoming 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 Pennsylvania community of Halls [Lycoming County].
      • Potter County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Halls [Potter County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Halls ...

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 northwest)
    • Blueberry Hills is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueberry Hills
  • Cedarchase
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Cedarchase is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarchase
  • 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
  • Fountaincrest
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Fountaincrest is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountaincrest
  • Freeway
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Freeway is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeway
  • Halls Crossroads
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Halls Crossroads is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Crossroads
  • 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
  • Mill Run
    (Less than 2 miles 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 north)
    • Still Brook is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Brook

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Halls 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 to Nashville, with an average speed<4>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 424 miles [682.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> 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).<6>
  • 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).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,898 miles [7,882.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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) 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 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Halls, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Halls 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. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0820, Longitude: -83.9327       In this case, the coordinates for Halls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.053 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.777 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.507 degrees.