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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 Gallimore, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gallimore 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 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.
    • Open 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:
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bland County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Gallimore

Communities Also Named Gallimore ...

We found one communities that are also named 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 ...
    • Georgia
      • Twiggs 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 Georgia community of Gallimore [Twiggs County].

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)
    • Boom Furnace is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boom Furnace
  • Clark ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Clark is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
  • Dublin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Fairlawn
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairlawn is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn
  • Forest Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Forest Park is located in Radford City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Grahams Forge
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Grahams Forge is located in Wythe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahams Forge
  • Highland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Highland is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Little Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Little Creek is located in Bland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Creek
  • Locust Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Locust Hill is located in Wythe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
  • Lone Ash
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Lone Ash is located in Wythe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Ash
  • Mechanicsburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Mechanicsburg is located in Bland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
  • Mountain View
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Mountain View is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Poplar Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Poplar Hill is located in Giles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
    • Red Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Red Hill is located in Wythe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
    • Reed Junction
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Reed Junction is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Junction
    • Star Cave
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Star Cave is located in Wythe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Cave
    • Tinytown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Tinytown is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinytown
    • Willow Woods
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Willow Woods is located in Radford City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Woods

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Gallimore and extending to:

  • Pulaski, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Gallimore to Richmond, with an average speed<4>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<5> 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).<6>
  • 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).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,718 miles [7,592.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Gallimore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Gallimore 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 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).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.166 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.76 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.906 degrees.