Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Gallimore, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gallimore and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Gallimore
- 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 Gallimore:
- 37.080121, -80.770626
- 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 Gallimore
- 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 Pulaski County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
- Since Gallimore is near Bland County and also Wythe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Bland County
- eBird sighting report for Wythe 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 Gallimore ...
We found one communities that share the name Gallimore.
Within Virginia, the name Gallimore is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Gallimore in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gallimore ...
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.
- Boom Furnace
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boom Furnace have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boom Furnace
- Boom Furnace is located in Pulaski County
- Clark ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Dublin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dublin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Dublin is located in Pulaski County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,578 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dublin <3>
- Fairlawn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn
- Fairlawn is located in Pulaski County
- Forest Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Forest Park is located in Radford City
- Grahams Forge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grahams Forge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahams Forge
- Grahams Forge is located in Wythe County
- Highland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Little Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Creek
- Little Creek is located in Bland County
- Locust Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Locust Hill is located in Wythe County
- Lone Ash
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Mechanicsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mechanicsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
- Mechanicsburg is located in Bland County
- Mountain View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Mountain View is located in Pulaski County
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- Poplar Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
- Poplar Hill is located in Giles County
- Red Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Reed Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reed Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Junction
- Reed Junction is located in Pulaski County
- Star Cave
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Tinytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Willow Woods
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Woods
- Willow Woods is located in Radford City
- Poplar Hill
How Far From Gallimore 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 Gallimore to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Gallimore and extending to:
- Pulaski, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<4> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Gallimore to Richmond, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 238 miles [383 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,134 miles [9,871.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,841 miles [11,009.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,718 miles [7,592.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Gallimore. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Pulaski County: www.pulaskicounty.org/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.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 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 Gallimore 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> | 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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- Gallimore) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gallimore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0801, Longitude: -80.7706 In this case, the coordinates for Gallimore have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Gallimore 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 310.166 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.76 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.906 degrees. |