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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 Gallatin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gallatin and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Gallatin:
    • 39.823966, -79.917833
    • 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 Gallatin
  • 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
    • Since Gallatin is near Greene County and also Monongalia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monongalia 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 Gallatin

Communities Also Named Gallatin ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Gallatin.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Gallatin.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Allegheny County
      • This Gallatin is located in Allegheny County and lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the north of the Gallatin that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Gallatin.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Benton County
      • This Gallatin is located in Benton County and lies 822 miles [1,322.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Gallatin that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Gallatin.
    • Mississippi
      • Copiah County
      • This Gallatin is located in Copiah County and lies 805 miles [1,295.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Gallatin that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Copiah County community of Gallatin.
    • Missouri
      • Clay County
      • Although located in Clay County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Gallatin.
      • Daviess County
      • This Gallatin is located in Daviess County and lies 743 miles [1,195.7 km]<1> to the west of the Gallatin that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Daviess County community of Gallatin.
    • Montana
      • Gallatin County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Gallatin [Gallatin County].
    • New York
      • Columbia County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Gallatin [Columbia County].
    • North Dakota
      • Griggs County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Gallatin [Griggs County].
    • Ohio
      • Allen County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Allen County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Gallatin.
    • Tennessee
      • Sumner County
      • This Gallatin is located in Sumner County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Gallatin that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Gallatin.
    • Texas
      • Cherokee County
      • This Gallatin is located in Cherokee County and lies 1,010 miles [1,625.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Gallatin that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Gallatin.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Gallatin ...

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.

  • Cats Run Junction
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Cats Run Junction is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cats Run Junction
  • Friendship Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Friendship Heights is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Heights
  • Glassworks
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Glassworks is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glassworks
  • Grays Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Grays Landing is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Landing
  • Griffin
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Griffin is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
  • Live Easy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Live Easy is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Easy
  • Mapletown
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Mapletown is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapletown
  • Martin
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Martin is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
  • Masontown
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Sunshine
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Sunshine is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine

How Far From Gallatin to ...

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 Gallatin to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gallatin and extending to:

  • Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Gallatin to Uniontown, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 163 miles [262.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 166 miles [267.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 5,977 miles [9,619 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,693 miles [10,771.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,568 miles [7,351.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Gallatin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Gallatin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Gallatin 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.
<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 Gallatin 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 Gallatin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8240, Longitude: -79.9178       In this case, the coordinates for Gallatin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.569 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.489 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.613 degrees.