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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 Gallaher, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gallaher 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 Gallaher:
- 34.402855, -103.296896
- 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 Gallaher
- 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 Curry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Curry County
- Since Gallaher is near Roosevelt County and also Parmer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roosevelt County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Parmer 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 Gallaher
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gallaher ...
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.
- Arch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Arch is located in Roosevelt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arch
- Farwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Field
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Field is located in Curry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field
- Floyd
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grady
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lariat
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lariat is located in Parmer County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lariat
- Oklahoma Lane
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Oklahoma Lane is located in Parmer County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma Lane
- Pleasant Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Curry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Progress
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Progress is located in Bailey County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Rogers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rogers is located in Roosevelt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
How Far From Gallaher 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 Gallaher to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Gallaher and extending to:
- Clovis, which is the Seat of Curry County, lies just to the East.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 174 miles [280 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Gallaher to Santa Fe, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,482 miles [2,385 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 58 days and walking would take 85 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,124 miles [11,465 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,877 miles [12,676.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,776 miles [9,295.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gallaher) 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 Gallaher 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 Gallaher. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4029, Longitude: -103.2969 In this case, the coordinates for Gallaher have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.679 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.273 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.584 degrees. |
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