Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Burnt Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burnt Creek and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Burnt Creek
- 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 Burnt Creek:
- 46.021100, -107.228393
- 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 Burnt Creek
- 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 Treasure County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Treasure County
- Since Burnt Creek is near Big Horn County and also Yellowstone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Big Horn County
- eBird sighting report for Yellowstone 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 Burnt Creek ...
We found three communities that share the name Burnt Creek.
Within Montana, the name Burnt Creek is unique.
Beyond Montana, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Gwinnett County
- This Burnt Creek is located in Gwinnett County and lies 1,472 miles [2,369 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Burnt Creek that is located in Treasure County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Burnt Creek.
- Kansas
- Greenwood County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Burnt Creek [Greenwood County].
- Quebec
- This Burnt Creek lies 1,846 miles [2,970.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Burnt Creek that is located in Treasure County.
- Georgia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Burnt Creek ...
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.
- Bighorn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bighorn
- Bighorn is located in Treasure County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bighorn <3>
- Castle Rock ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Rock
- Castle Rock is located in Rosebud County
- Cold Spring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Cold Spring is located in Rosebud County
- Dunmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest) - Fee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west) - Finch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast) - Howard ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast) - Rancher ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest) - Waco
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
How Far From Burnt Creek 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 Burnt Creek 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<5> community of Burnt Creek once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Burnt Creek and extending to:
- Hysham, which is the Seat of Treasure County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Burnt Creek to Hysham, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 231 miles [371.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,603 miles [2,579.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 63 days and walking would take 91 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,567 miles [10,568.6 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 7,335 miles [11,804.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,318 miles [8,558.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Burnt Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Burnt Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.0211, Longitude: -107.2284 In this case, the coordinates for Burnt Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Burnt Creek 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Burnt Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Burnt Creek 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 328.668 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.177 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.426 degrees. |