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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 Byrne, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Byrne 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 Byrne:
    • 46.703818, -113.453416
    • 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 Byrne
  • 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 Byrne is near Missoula County and also Powell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Missoula County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Powell 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 Byrne

Communities Also Named Byrne ...

We found five communities that are also named Byrne.

Within Montana, the name Byrne is unique.

Beyond Montana, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Idaho
      • Madison County
      • This Byrne is located in Madison County and lies 223 miles [358.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Byrne that is located in Granite County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Byrne.
    • Ohio
      • Noble County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Noble County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noble County community of Byrne.
    • Tennessee
      • Putnam County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Byrne [Putnam County].
    • Texas
      • Tom Green County
      • This Byrne is located in Tom Green County and lies 1,266 miles [2,037.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Byrne that is located in Granite County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tom Green County community of Byrne.
    • West Virginia
      • Marion County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Byrne [Marion County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Byrne ...

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.

  • Bearmouth ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Bearmouth is located in Granite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearmouth
  • Beartown ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Beartown is located in Granite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
  • Copper Cliff ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Copper Cliff is located in Missoula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Cliff
  • Iris
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Iris is located in Missoula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iris
  • Nimrod
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Nimrod is located in Granite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimrod
  • Quigley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Quigley is located in Granite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quigley
  • Springtown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Springtown is located in Granite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
  • Stump Town ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Stump Town is located in Granite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stump Town

How Far From Byrne 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 Byrne to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Byrne and extending to:

  • Philipsburg, which is the Seat of Granite County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Byrne 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 just over a day.
  • Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 68 miles [109.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,903 miles [3,062.6 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,669 miles [10,732.7 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 7,438 miles [11,970.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,471 miles [8,804.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 from Point A (ie- Byrne) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Byrne, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Byrne 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.
<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 Byrne 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 Byrne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.7038, Longitude: -113.4534       In this case, the coordinates for Byrne have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.595 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.933 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.147 degrees.