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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 Hallwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hallwood 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 Hallwood:
- 38.972579, -82.081254
- 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 Hallwood
- 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 Mason County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mason County
- Since Hallwood is near Meigs County and also Gallia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Meigs County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gallia 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 Hallwood
Communities Also Named Hallwood ...
We found five communities that are also named Hallwood.
Within West Virginia, the name Hallwood is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Yuba County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Hallwood [Yuba County].
- Georgia
- Putnam County
- This Hallwood is located in Putnam County and lies 401 miles [645.3 km]<2> to the south of the Hallwood that is located in Mason County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Hallwood.
- Pennsylvania
- Luzerne County
- This Hallwood is located in Luzerne County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Hallwood that is located in Mason County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Hallwood.
- Virginia
- Accomack County
- This Hallwood is located in Accomack County and lies 359 miles [577.8 km]<2> to the east of the Hallwood that is located in Mason County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Accomack County community of Hallwood.
- Hampton City
- This Hallwood is located in Hampton City and lies 341 miles [548.8 km] to the east southeast of the Hallwood that is located in Mason County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampton City community of Hallwood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hallwood ...
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.
- Dutchtown ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dutchtown is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Forest Run ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Run is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Run
- Lincoln Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Heights is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Locust Lane ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Lane is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lane
- Maggie
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Maggie is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maggie
- Mason
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Minersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Minersville is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
- Pike Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pike Hill is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Hill
- Rock Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Springs is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Rutland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sassafras
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sassafras is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- Silver Run
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Silver Run is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
How Far From Hallwood 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 Hallwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hallwood and extending to:
- Point Pleasant, which is the Seat of Mason County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Hallwood to Charleston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 270 miles [434.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,103 miles [9,821.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,821 miles [10,977.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,696 miles [7,557.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Hallwood 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. |
| <2> | 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- Hallwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Hallwood 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 Hallwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9726, Longitude: -82.0813 In this case, the coordinates for Hallwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.923 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.904 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.859 degrees. |
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