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Gallup, New Mexico

Everything Gallup is known for

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Music in Gallup

Songs About Gallup

Gallup, New Mexico
J. J. Light
78%
"Gallup, New Mexico"
Here I Am in Gallup
Stateline
78%
"Here I Am in Gallup"
77%
"Gallup, NM"
Gallop to Gallup
Dale Watson
57%
"(title) Gallop to Gallup"
(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
Bobby Troup
54%
"Gallup, New Mexico"
Navajo Wrangler
Chris LeDoux
25%
"Between Gallic and Shiprock he was born in a Hogan"
N C I song
stateline
20%
hard travelin'
the seldom scene
10%
(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
Nat "King" Cole
7%
"Gallup, New Mexico"
All the Way from Atlanta
Charley Crockett
5%
"I thought I saw her as I passed Gallup"
New Mexico
Wake Self
3%
"I got friends in Gallup, Portales, Corrales out to Santa Fe"

Artists From Gallup

Rivers & Roads in Song near Gallup

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Gallup.

Things to Do in Gallup

Everything Near Gallup

12 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

  • El Morro Theatre · Things to Do

    A 1928 Boller Brothers movie palace with hand-painted murals. Only Spanish Colonial Revival in Gallup.

  • El Navajo Harvey House Site · Things to Do

    Mary Colter's 1923 Pueblo Revival hotel with Navajo sand paintings. Demolished in 1957 for Route 66.

  • Navajo Code Talkers Departure · 0.1 mi · Things to Do

    In 1942 twenty-nine Navajo Marines boarded a train here and created an unbreakable code for WWII.

  • Richardson Trading Post · 0.1 mi · Things to Do

    Open since 1913 with 1500 Navajo rugs and a thousand saddles. The owner spoke fluent Navajo.

  • Gallup Rail Yard & BNSF Mainline · 0.1 mi · Things to Do

    Named for a railroad paymaster in 1881. Freight trains still blast through downtown 100 times a day.

  • Route 66 Neon Drive · 0.2 mi · Things to Do

    A 17-stop neon sign tour through downtown Gallup with some of the best vintage neon on the Mother Road.

  • Gallup Coal Strike Site · 0.2 mi · Things to Do

    In 1933 a thousand miners struck and the governor sealed the town with National Guard for five months.

  • El Rancho Hotel & Motel · 0.9 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Ever wanted to sleep where movie royalty did? You're approaching the El Rancho Hotel in Gallup, New Mexico, a place where Hollywood's brightest stars once sought refuge during the Golden Age of film. Built in 1936 by…

  • Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial · 4.0 mi · Things to Do

    Since 1922 the oldest continuous Native American cultural gathering in the U.S. Each August at Red Rock.

  • Superman Canyon · 4.1 mi · Things to Do

    Christopher Reeve filmed Superman's earthquake scenes here in 1978. The canyon kept the name.

  • Church Rock Uranium Spill · 9.7 mi · Things to Do

    Largest radioactive release in U.S. history. 94 million gallons of waste flooded Navajo land in 1979.

  • Fort Wingate · 12.2 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    This seemingly quiet spot was once at the heart of conflict and control in the American West. Fort Wingate served multiple purposes across its long history, most notably in managing relations with the Navajo and Apache…

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