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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 Cable City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cable City and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Cable City:
    • 46.195203, -113.209222
    • 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 Cable City
  • 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 Deer Lodge County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Deer Lodge County
    • Since Cable City is near Granite County and also Powell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Granite 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 Cable City

Communities Also Named Cable City ...

We found two communities that are also named Cable City.

Within Montana, the name Cable City is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Smith County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Cable City [Smith County].
      • Wabaunsee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Cable City [Wabaunsee County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cable City ...

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.

  • Clark ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Clark is located in Granite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
  • Echo Lake ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Echo Lake is located in Granite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Lake
  • Georgetown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Georgetown is located in Deer Lodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Gold Coin ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Gold Coin is located in Deer Lodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Coin
  • Granite ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Granite is located in Granite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
  • Porters Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Porters Corner is located in Granite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Corner
  • Silver Lake ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Silver Lake is located in Deer Lodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
  • Stump Town
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Stump Town is located in Deer Lodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stump Town
  • Tungsten
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Tungsten is located in Granite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tungsten

How Far From Cable City 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 Cable City 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 Cable City once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Cable City and extending to:

  • Anaconda, which is the Seat of Deer Lodge County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cable City to Anaconda, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 62 miles [99.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 1,889 miles [3,040.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 74 days and walking would take 108 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,695 miles [10,774.6 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 7,464 miles [12,012.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,491 miles [8,836.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Cable City 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>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 Cable City, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cable City) 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 Cable City 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 Cable City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.1952, Longitude: -113.2092       In this case, the coordinates for Cable City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.373 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.634 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.053 degrees.