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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 Bearmouth, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bearmouth and the surrounding area.
- 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 Bearmouth:
- 46.707913, -113.331657
- 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 Bearmouth
- 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 Granite County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Granite County
- Since Bearmouth is near Powell County and also Missoula County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Powell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Missoula 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 Bearmouth
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bearmouth ...
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.
- Beartown ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Copper Cliff ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Copper Cliff is located in Missoula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Cliff
- Hall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Iris
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Iris is located in Missoula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iris
- Nimrod
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Nimrod is located in Granite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimrod
- Springtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Springtown is located in Granite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
- Stone
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Stump Town ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Stump Town is located in Granite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stump Town
How Far From Bearmouth to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bearmouth to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Bearmouth once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Bearmouth and extending to:
- Philipsburg, which is the Seat of Granite County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Bearmouth to Philipsburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 62 miles [99.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,897 miles [3,052.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 75 days and walking would take 108 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,666 miles [10,727.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,435 miles [11,965.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,467 miles [8,798.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bearmouth, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Bearmouth) 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 Bearmouth 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 Bearmouth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.7079, Longitude: -113.3317 In this case, the coordinates for Bearmouth have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.497 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.821 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.07 degrees. |
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