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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 Galbraith, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Galbraith 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 Galbraith:
    • 36.360648, -83.175447
    • 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 Galbraith
  • 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 Hawkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hawkins County
    • Since Galbraith is near Hamblen County and also Hancock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamblen County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock 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 Galbraith

Communities Also Named Galbraith ...

We found six communities that are also named Galbraith.

Within Tennessee, the name Galbraith is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, four are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Galbraith lies 2,678 miles [4,309.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Galbraith that is located in Hawkins County.
    • Hawaii
      • 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 Hawaii community of Galbraith.
    • Iowa
      • Kossuth County
      • This Galbraith is located in Kossuth County and lies 740 miles [1,190.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Galbraith that is located in Hawkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kossuth County community of Galbraith.
    • Louisiana
      • Natchitoches Parish
      • This Galbraith is located in Natchitoches Parish and lies 645 miles [1,038 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Galbraith that is located in Hawkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Natchitoches Parish community of Galbraith.
    • Montana
      • Rosebud County
      • This Galbraith is located in Rosebud County and lies 1,433 miles [2,306.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Galbraith that is located in Hawkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rosebud County community of Galbraith.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Galbraith.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Galbraith ...

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.

  • Bright Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bright Ferry is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Ferry
  • Choptack
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Choptack is located in Hawkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choptack
  • Cloud Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cloud Creek is located in Hawkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Creek
  • Cuba
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cuba is located in Hawkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
  • Friendship
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Friendship is located in Hawkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
  • Longtown ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Longtown is located in Hawkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
  • Meadow Branch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Meadow Branch is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Branch
  • Needmore
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Needmore is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
  • Prices Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Prices Ferry is located in Hawkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Ferry
  • Quarryville ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Quarryville is located in Hawkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
  • Red Bridge Ferry
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Red Bridge Ferry is located in Hawkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bridge Ferry
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,135 people
  • Spruce Pine
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Spruce Pine is located in Hawkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Pine
  • Treadway
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Treadway is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treadway

How Far From Galbraith 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 Galbraith to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Rogersville, which is the Seat of Hawkins County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Galbraith to Rogersville, with an average speed<4> 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.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 200 miles [321.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 378 miles [608.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,267 miles [10,085.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,977 miles [11,228.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,853 miles [7,810.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Galbraith) 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 Galbraith, 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 Galbraith 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 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.
<5>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 Galbraith 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 Galbraith. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3606, Longitude: -83.1754       In this case, the coordinates for Galbraith have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.602 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.299 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.116 degrees.