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 Gillespie:
33.261709, -112.981290
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 Gillespie
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 Maricopa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found fifteen communities that are also named Gillespie.
Within Arizona, the name Gillespie is unique.
Beyond Arizona, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
San Joaquin 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 Gillespie [San Joaquin County].
Colorado
Jefferson 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 Colorado community of Gillespie [Jefferson County].
Illinois
Macoupin County
This Gillespie is located in Macoupin County and lies 1,348 miles [2,169.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Gillespie that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macoupin County community of Gillespie.
Iowa
Benton 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 Iowa community of Gillespie [Benton County].
Kansas
Cloud 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 Kansas community of Gillespie [Cloud County].
Finney 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 Kansas community of Gillespie [Finney County].
Michigan
Marquette 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 Michigan community of Gillespie [Marquette County].
New Jersey
Middlesex County
This Gillespie is located in Middlesex County and lies 2,172 miles [3,495.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Gillespie that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Gillespie.
Pennsylvania
Fayette County
This Gillespie is located in Fayette County and lies 1,883 miles [3,030.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Gillespie that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Gillespie.
South Carolina
Chesterfield County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Gillespie [Chesterfield County].
Virginia
Bedford County
This Gillespie is located in Bedford County and lies 1,901 miles [3,059.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Gillespie that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Gillespie.
Tazewell County
This Gillespie is located in Tazewell County and lies 1,778 miles [2,861.4 km] to the east northeast of the Gillespie that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Gillespie.
West Virginia
Braxton County
This Gillespie is located in Braxton County and lies 1,836 miles [2,954.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Gillespie that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Braxton County community of Gillespie.
Pocahontas 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 West Virginia community of Gillespie [Pocahontas County].
Wyoming
Fremont County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Fremont County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fremont County community of Gillespie.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gillespie ...
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.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Gillespie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gillespie and extending to:
Phoenix, which is the Seat of Maricopa County, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Gillespie to Phoenix, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 54 miles [86.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,029 miles [3,265.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 80 days and walking would take 116 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,483 miles [12,042.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,249 miles [13,275.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,192 miles [9,965.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Gillespie 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gillespie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Gillespie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>
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.
<6>
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 Gillespie 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 Gillespie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2617, Longitude: -112.9813 In this case, the coordinates for Gillespie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.847 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.748 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.668 degrees.