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Isn't there a church in a town near Sahagun that gives a certificate for making it to the midway point?
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.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 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.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
3.6540855 degrees of longitude done and 3.6540855 to go.If the CF was in a straight line perhaps
the midpoint is between Calzadilla de la Cueza and Ledigos
Godesalco is a pretty accurate site!!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
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