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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 Calypso, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Calypso 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 Calypso:
- 46.773062, -105.422769
- 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 Calypso
- 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 Prairie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prairie County
- Since Calypso is near Custer County and also Dawson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Custer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dawson 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 Calypso
Communities Also Named Calypso ...
We found one communities that are also named Calypso.
Within Montana, the name Calypso is unique.
Beyond Montana, there is another community also named Calypso in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Duplin County
- This Calypso is located in Duplin County and lies 1,622 miles [2,610.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Calypso that is located in Prairie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duplin County community of Calypso.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Calypso ...
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.
- Marsh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Marsh is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh
- Mildred
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Terry
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Union ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Zero
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Zero is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zero
How Far From Calypso to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Calypso to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Calypso and extending to:
- Terry, which is the Seat of Prairie County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Calypso to Helena, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,526 miles [2,455.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 87 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,477 miles [10,423.7 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 7,245 miles [11,659.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,221 miles [8,402.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Calypso) 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 Calypso 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 Calypso. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.7731, Longitude: -105.4228 In this case, the coordinates for Calypso have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.309 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.689 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.22 degrees. |
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