Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Gale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gale and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Gale
- 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 Gale:
- 40.886334, -111.866326
- 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 Gale
- 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 Davis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Davis County
- Since Gale is near Salt Lake County and also Summit County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Salt Lake County
- eBird sighting report for Summit 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 Gale ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Gale.
There is one other community in Utah which is also named Gale.
Beyond Utah, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Utah ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Michigan
- Oceana County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Gale [Oceana County].
- Ontonagon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Gale [Ontonagon County].
- New York
- North Carolina
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Dakota
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gale ...
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.
- Birdland
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Bountiful
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful
- Bountiful is located in Davis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,921 people
- Former names for Bountiful:
- Calls Settlement
- North Canyon Settlement
- North Canyon Ward
- North Mill Creek Canyon Ward
- Sessions Settlement
- Stoker
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bountiful <4>
- Centerville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Davis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,530 people
- Former names for Centerville:
- Cherry Settlement
- Deuel Creek
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centerville <4>
- Chapel
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Cherry Circle
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Circle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Circle
- Cherry Circle is located in Davis County
- Cherry Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Park
- Cherry Park is located in Davis County
- Cinnamon Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cinnamon Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Ridge
- Cinnamon Ridge is located in Davis County
- Colonial
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Cottonwood Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Acres
- Cottonwood Acres is located in Davis County
- Cottonwood Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Heights
- Cottonwood Heights is located in Davis County
- Emerald Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emerald Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Hills
- Emerald Hills is located in Davis County
- Evergreen
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Continue List (39 more) ...
- Feller Drive
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Feller Drive have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feller Drive
- Feller Drive is located in Davis County
- Forest Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Forest Park is located in Davis County
- Gold
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Granada Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granada Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granada Hills
- Granada Hills is located in Davis County
- Green Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Green Meadows is located in Davis County
- Hillside
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Hilltop
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Hilltop Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hilltop Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop Gardens
- Hilltop Gardens is located in Davis County
- Island View
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
- Island View is located in Davis County
- Jensen
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Judge Holbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Judge Holbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judge Holbrook
- Judge Holbrook is located in Davis County
- Lakeview Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Park
- Lakeview Park is located in Davis County
- Lynnhaven
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Major
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Maple Crest
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Crest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Crest
- Maple Crest is located in Davis County
- Maple Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Glen
- Maple Glen is located in Davis County
- Maple Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hills
- Maple Hills is located in Davis County
- Maple Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Springs
- Maple Springs is located in Davis County
- Meadowlane
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowlane have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlane
- Meadowlane is located in Davis County
- Mountain Aire
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Aire have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Aire
- Mountain Aire is located in Davis County
- Mountain Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Mountain Park is located in Davis County
- Nelson
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Oak Way
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Orchard Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Park
- Orchard Park is located in Davis County
- Orchard Place
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Place
- Orchard Place is located in Davis County
- Paradise Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hills
- Paradise Hills is located in Davis County
- Pleasant
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Quailbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quailbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quailbrook
- Quailbrook is located in Davis County
- Rainbow Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainbow Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Hills
- Rainbow Hills is located in Davis County
- Randall Way
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Randall Way have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall Way
- Randall Way is located in Davis County
- Reed
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Shamrock Drive
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shamrock Drive have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Drive
- Shamrock Drive is located in Davis County
- Stone Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Creek
- Stone Creek is located in Davis County
- Sunny Slope
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunny Slope have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Slope
- Sunny Slope is located in Davis County
- Sunshine
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Twin Hollows
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Hollows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Hollows
- Twin Hollows is located in Davis County
- Valerie
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Vineyard
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Vistaview
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Feller Drive
How Far From Gale 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 Gale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gale and extending to:
- Farmington, which is the Seat of Davis County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies just to the south southwest (SSW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,838 miles [2,958 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Gale to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 105 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 72 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,990 miles [11,249.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,758 miles [12,485.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,738 miles [9,234.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Gale. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Davis County: www.daviscountyutah.gov/
The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Gale 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8863, Longitude: -111.8663 In this case, the coordinates for Gale 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 Gale 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 331.917 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.487 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.744 degrees. |