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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 Camp Three, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Camp Three 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 Camp Three:
- 46.440797, -108.564857
- 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 Camp Three
- 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 Musselshell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Musselshell County
- Since Camp Three is near Golden Valley County and also Fergus County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Golden Valley County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fergus 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 Camp Three
Curious and Interesting Names Near Camp Three ...
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.
- Flatwillow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Flatwillow is located in Petroleum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwillow
- Flatwillow Colony
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Flatwillow Colony is located in Musselshell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwillow Colony
- Gage
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gage is located in Musselshell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Musselshell
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Queens Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Queens Point is located in Musselshell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Point
- Republic ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Republic is located in Musselshell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
- Roundup
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
How Far From Camp Three 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 Camp Three to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Camp Three and extending to:
- Roundup, which is the Seat of Musselshell County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Camp Three to Helena, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,670 miles [2,687.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 66 days and walking would take 95 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,575 miles [10,581.4 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 7,344 miles [11,819 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,338 miles [8,590.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Camp Three) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Camp Three 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 Camp Three. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4408, Longitude: -108.5649 In this case, the coordinates for Camp Three have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.724 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.436 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.169 degrees. |
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