Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Bozeman, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bozeman and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bozeman
- 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 Bozeman:
- 45.679341, -111.032038
- 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 Bozeman
- 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 Gallatin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Gallatin County
- Since Bozeman is near Park County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Park County
- eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Bozeman ...
We found one communities that share the name Bozeman.
Within Montana, the name Bozeman is unique.
Beyond Montana, there is another community also named Bozeman in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bozeman ...
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.
- Chestnut
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut
- Chestnut is located in Gallatin County
- Dogtown ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Four Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Four Corners is located in Gallatin County
- Greenwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - King Arthur Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for King Arthur Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Arthur Park
- King Arthur Park is located in Gallatin County
- Lay Settlement ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lay Settlement have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lay Settlement
- Lay Settlement is located in Gallatin County
- Middle Creek ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middle Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- Middle Creek is located in Gallatin County
- Sheds ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Story
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Bozeman 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 city such as Bozeman to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Bozeman and extending to:
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<3> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Bozeman to Helena, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,783 miles [2,869.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 70 days and walking would take 102 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,679 miles [10,748.8 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 7,448 miles [11,986.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,454 miles [8,777.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Bozeman: www.bozeman.net/
The official website for Gallatin County: www.co.gallatin.mt.us/
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 Bozeman 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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- Bozeman) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bozeman. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6793, Longitude: -111.0320 |
| <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 Bozeman to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.618 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.556 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.774 degrees. |