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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 Halsell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Halsell 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 Halsell:
- 33.719546, -98.344771
- 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 Halsell
- 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Since Halsell is near Archer County and also Wichita County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Archer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wichita 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 Halsell
Communities Also Named Halsell ...
We found two communities that are also named Halsell.
Within Texas, the name Halsell is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Choctaw County
- This Halsell is located in Choctaw County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km]<1> to the east of the Halsell that is located in Clay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Choctaw County community of Halsell.
- Kentucky
- Warren 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 Kentucky community of Halsell [Warren County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Halsell ...
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.
- Deer Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Creek is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Frame
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Frame is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frame
- Henrietta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jolly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jolly is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Joy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Joy is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Luke Wilson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Luke Wilson is located in Archer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke Wilson
- Raymond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Raymond is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Scotland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Halsell 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 Halsell to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Halsell and extending to:
- Henrietta, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Halsell to Henrietta, with an average speed<4> 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.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 240 miles [386.2 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,235 miles [1,987.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 49 days and walking would take 71 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,991 miles [11,250.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,731 miles [12,441.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,615 miles [9,036.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Halsell) 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 Halsell 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Halsell 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 Halsell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7195, Longitude: -98.3448 In this case, the coordinates for Halsell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.106 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.973 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.263 degrees. |
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