Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Gallagher, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gallagher and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Gallagher
- 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 Gallagher:
- 41.257015, -77.435533
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Gallagher
- 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 Clinton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Clinton County
- Since Gallagher is near Lycoming County and also Centre County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lycoming County
- eBird sighting report for Centre 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Gallagher ...
We found four communities that share the name Gallagher.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Gallagher.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Kansas
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gallagher ...
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.
- Bluestone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Dunnstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - English Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for English Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Mills
- English Mills is located in Lycoming County
- Glen Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Union have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Union
- Glen Union is located in Clinton County
- Lock Haven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Haven
- Lock Haven is located in Clinton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,694 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lock Haven <4>
- Lockport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Queens Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queens Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Run
- Queens Run is located in Clinton County
- Riverview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Sunset Pines
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Pines
- Sunset Pines is located in Clinton County
- Tomb
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Tombs Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Youngdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngdale
- Youngdale is located in Clinton County
How Far From Gallagher 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 Gallagher to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gallagher and extending to:
- Lock Haven, which is the Seat of Clinton County, lies just to the South.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Gallagher to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 164 miles [263.9 km] to the south (S). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,814 miles [9,356.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,530 miles [10,509 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,405 miles [7,089.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Gallagher. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Clinton County: www.clintoncountypa.com/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Gallagher 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gallagher) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gallagher. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2570, Longitude: -77.4355 In this case, the coordinates for Gallagher have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Gallagher to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.96 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.886 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.952 degrees. |