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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 Gallup City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gallup City 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 Gallup City:
- 48.093854, -112.113080
- 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 Gallup City
- 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 Pondera County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pondera County
- Since Gallup City is near Teton County and also Toole County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Teton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Toole 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 Gallup City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gallup City ...
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.
- Blackleaf
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Blackleaf is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackleaf
- Brady
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Fowler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fowler is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Ledger
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Center ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Center is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Center
- Lone Tree ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lone Tree is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
- Pierce Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pierce Crossing is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Crossing
- Shields Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shields Crossing is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields Crossing
How Far From Gallup City 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 Gallup City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Gallup City and extending to:
- Conrad, which is the Seat of Pondera County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Gallup City to Conrad, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 103 miles [165.8 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,849 miles [2,975.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 105 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,555 miles [10,549.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,324 miles [11,786.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,357 miles [8,621.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Gallup City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Gallup City 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 Gallup City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.0939, Longitude: -112.1131 In this case, the coordinates for Gallup City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.59 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.889 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.129 degrees. |
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