Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Babb, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Babb and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Babb
- 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 Babb:
- 48.861652, -113.436202
- 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 Babb
- 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 Glacier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Glacier County
- Since Babb is near Flathead County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- eBird sighting report for Flathead 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 Babb ...
We found two communities that share the name Babb.
Within Montana, the name Babb is unique.
Beyond Montana, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Babb ...
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.
- Cassidy Curve
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cassidy Curve have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassidy Curve
- Cassidy Curve is located in Glacier County
- Chief Mountain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chief Mountain
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Chief Mountain
- From Babb to Chief Mountain
- Crystal Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Point
- Crystal Point is located in Flathead County
- Mountain View
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain View <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Mountain View
- From Babb to Mountain View
- Packers Roost
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Packers Roost have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packers Roost
- Packers Roost is located in Flathead County
- Red Rock Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Rock Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock Point
- Red Rock Point is located in Flathead County
- Rising Sun
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Rising Sun is located in Glacier County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Rising Sun
- From Babb to Rising Sun
- Swiftcurrent
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiftcurrent
- Swiftcurrent is located in Glacier County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Swiftcurrent
- From Babb to Swiftcurrent
- Whiskey Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whiskey Gap came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Gap
How Far From Babb 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 Babb to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Babb and extending to:
- Cut Bank, which is the Seat of Glacier County, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Babb to Cut Bank, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 170 miles [273.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,915 miles [3,081.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 75 days and walking would take 109 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,535 miles [10,517.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,303 miles [11,753 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,353 miles [8,614.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Babb. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Babb 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Babb) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Babb. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.8617, Longitude: -113.4362 |
| <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> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Babb to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.675 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.201 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.863 degrees. |