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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 Big Stone Colony, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Big Stone Colony 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 Big Stone Colony:
- 47.399958, -111.217468
- 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 Big Stone Colony
- 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 Cascade County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cascade County
- Since Big Stone Colony is near Chouteau County and also Judith Basin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chouteau County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Judith Basin 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 Big Stone Colony
Communities Also Named Big Stone Colony ...
We found one communities that are also named Big Stone Colony.
Within Montana, the name Big Stone Colony is unique.
Beyond Montana, there is another community also named Big Stone Colony in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Minnesota
- Big Stone County
- This Big Stone Colony is located in Big Stone County and lies 711 miles [1,144.2 km]<1> to the east of the Big Stone Colony that is located in Cascade County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Big Stone County community of Big Stone Colony.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Big Stone Colony ...
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.
- Black Eagle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Box Elder ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Box Elder is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Elder
- Cooper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cooper is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Donovan Park ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Donovan Park is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donovan Park
- Eden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Fields
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fields is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Flood ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Flood is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flood
- Great Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstown ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstown is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Little Chicago ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Little Chicago is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chicago
- Rainbow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rainbow is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow
- Smelter Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Smelter Hill is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelter Hill
- Three Forks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Three Forks is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
How Far From Big Stone Colony 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 Big Stone Colony to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Big Stone Colony and extending to:
- Great Falls, which is the Seat of Cascade County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Big Stone Colony to Helena, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,802 miles [2,900 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 103 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,578 miles [10,586.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,347 miles [11,823.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,368 miles [8,639 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Big Stone Colony) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Big Stone Colony 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 Big Stone Colony. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.4000, Longitude: -111.2175 In this case, the coordinates for Big Stone Colony have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.85 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.977 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.664 degrees. |
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