Mid way point on CF

[dollytz]

This info maybe on the forum somewhere but I can't find it.Is there an 'official' mid way point on the Camino Frances? It would be nice to know when I've got 0.5kms less in front of me than what I've already walked. maybe treat myself to a glass of bubbly in celebration, in my case soda water because I am practically tt! Thanks

 

[mspath]

It all depends on where you begin! See more regarding such a spot in this earlier Forum thread.
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/midway-certificate.35124/

Buen camino!

 

[dollytz]

Doh! I should have said that I'm walking SJPDP to Santiago de Compostela and, if I'm able, onto the coast

 

[camino07]

Terradillos de los Templarios is supposed to be halfway by Breirley.

 

[Kurt5280]

When you are on the Camino climbing ever hill or crossing every mountain is the cause for celebration...and just look at all of the piled rocks at the top of every memorable climb...also just walking to the next little town with a bar or store deserves a little food celebration...but really the mid-point of the Camino is no different than almost anywhere on the Camino...the things I remember most are not places but small personal events...like the small pony that was running down the street that stopped scared of me because of the bear bells on my mountain bike...so I had to stop and talk to the pony so it would run past to catch up with its mother...or the small puppy that ran over flipped upside down on my shoes wanting me to pet its tummy...making me miss my dog more...or trying to talk to a Spaniard while watching the sunrise after a memorable hill climb...worst English to Spanish conversation during my Camino...or the asking the two German girls off the trail if they needed help to have one yell back to me "second breakfast" in perfect English...made me laugh because she must have seen that movie too...so just take a little more time at the places (or events) on the Camino that you see and want to remember in the future.

 

[Deleted member 3000]

It depends on who is measuring and which optional routes you take! On the godesalco.com website, the midpoint is between Calzadilla de la Cueza and Ledigos (but it goes through Samos). The 100km mojone is being moved to after Ferreiros instead of before it, so the "official" route keeps changing. You will have a very difficult time establishing the midpoint within .5km!! You may be able to pick a day in which you cross it, though.

 

[Anemone del Camino]

Isn't there a church in a town near Sahagun that gives a certificate for making it to the midway point?

 

[C clearly]

Here is an old thread discussing the markers just before Sahagun. As I remember (from last November), another route into Sahagun is marked as the main route. You need to follow a slight detour (but it is also marked) to go through this park area.

 

[koknesis]

Isn't there a church in a town near Sahagun that gives a certificate for making it to the midway point?

Yes, Iglesia de la Peregrina in Sahagun issues very nice certificates.

 

[jmcarp]

This info maybe on the forum somewhere but I can't find it.Is there an 'official' mid way point on the Camino Frances? It would be nice to know when I've got 0.5kms less in front of me than what I've already walked. maybe treat myself to a glass of bubbly in celebration, in my case soda water because I am practically tt! Thanks

If you hang around this forum long enough you'll realize that no one can seem to agree on what the actual distance from SJPP to Santiago is, so it would be very difficult to determine the 'midway' point. This is especially true if you want to get it down to .5 km accuracy, in which case it further depends on where in SJPP and in Santiago you define as the 'start' and 'end' points.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

I'm going to be a bit nerdy here. The mid-point of the Camino Frances is at Terradillos de los Templarios very close to the crosshairs on this map: http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap4.php?ll=42.362476,-4.891453&z=18&t=h
The camino goes to Santiago on the road west from that point.

Actually that is off by just a tiny bit but that point is easy to find when you are on the ground in town. And yes, there are other ways to determine other points but this way is simple.

Here is how I got that point. The longitude of the bridge crossing the River Nive in St. Jean Pied de Port is -1.23724.
The longitude of the west entrance to the cathedral in Santiago is -8.545411. The mid-point is -4.8913255 and that crosses the camino at Terradillos de los Templarios at a spot very close to the cross roads at 42.362476,-4.891453

Santiago: 42.880528,-8.545411
St Jean: 43.16233,-1.23724

 

[GreatDane]

Just turn around a few times a day and see how far you've come. You will be amazed!!

 

[DurhamParish]

Sahagun.

 

[Deleted member 34316]

So this was actually the mid point of the Camino?

I was so sure it was the entrance to Mordor.

 

[Anemone del Camino]

I'm going to be a bit nerdy here. The mid-point of the Camino Frances is at Terradillos de los Templarios very close to the crosshairs on this map: http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap4.php?ll=42.362476,-4.891453&z=18&t=h
The camino goes to Santiago on the road west from that point.

Actually that is off by just a tiny bit but that point is easy to find when you are on the ground in town. And yes, there are other ways to determine other points but this way is simple.

Here is how I got that point. The longitude of the bridge crossing the River Nive in St. Jean Pied de Port is -1.23724.
The longitude of the west entrance to the cathedral in Santiago is -8.545411. The mid-point is -4.8913255 and that crosses the camino at Terradillos de los Templarios at a spot very close to the cross roads at 42.362476,-4.891453

Santiago: 42.880528,-8.545411
St Jean: 43.16233,-1.23724

If the CF was in a straight line perhaps, but it curves south to Burgos before going back north towards Leon and even further north to Santiago.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

If the CF was in a straight line perhaps

3.6540855 degrees of longitude done and 3.6540855 to go.

As I said: there are other ways to determine other points but this way is simple.

 

[Kanga]

I think it is at @Rebekah Scott 's place at Moratinos. Suits me anyway.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

I decided to have a little more fun. Forum member @stratophile has a website http://trekopedia.com which supplies GPS tracks of various walks. The page that handles the full Brieley version of the Camino Frances is at http://trekopedia.com/?page_id=3225 and from there I saw I could download the track via http://www.trekopedia.com/Camino/GPS/R367.kml

I used the track data and the tools at http://www.gpsvisualizer.com to determine a camino length of 772.86 km. So half this length would be 386.43 km. Tweaking the GPS data and again using http://www.gpsvisualizer.com I found that the halfway point determined by this method was just west of Calzadilla de la Cueza and about 200 meters before a fork going to Santa Maria de las Tiendas (Ermita de la Dehesa). The half-way point is at 42.333899 N, 4.820074 W.

Take a look at the cross-hairs at: http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap4.php?ll=42.333899,-4.820074&z=15&t=h

 

[Deleted member 3000]

the midpoint is between Calzadilla de la Cueza and Ledigos

the halfway point determined by this method was just west of Calzadilla de la Cueza and about 200 meters before a fork going to Santa Maria de las Tiendas

Godesalco is a pretty accurate site!!