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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 Clearwater, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clearwater 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 Clearwater:
    • 47.000213, -113.377853
    • 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 Clearwater
  • 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 Clearwater ...

We found twenty communities that share the name Clearwater.

There is one other community in Montana which is also named Clearwater.

Beyond Montana, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Montana ...
    • Deer Lodge 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 Montana community of Clearwater [Deer Lodge County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Yavapai 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 Arizona community of Clearwater [Yavapai County].
    • Arkansas
      • Mississippi County
      • This Clearwater is located in Mississippi County and lies 1,411 miles [2,270.8 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Clearwater that is located in Missoula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of Clearwater.
    • British Columbia
      • This Clearwater lies 438 miles [704.9 km]<2> to the northwest of the Clearwater that is located in Missoula County.
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Clearwater is located in Los Angeles County and lies 938 miles [1,509.6 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Clearwater that is located in Missoula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Clearwater.
    • Florida
      • Pinellas County
      • This Clearwater is located in Pinellas County and lies 2,106 miles [3,389.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Clearwater that is located in Missoula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pinellas County community of Clearwater.
    • Idaho
      • Idaho County
      • This Clearwater is located in Idaho County and lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Clearwater that is located in Missoula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Idaho County community of Clearwater.
    • Kansas
      • Sedgwick County
      • This Clearwater is located in Sedgwick County and lies 1,039 miles [1,672.1 km]<2> to the southeast of the Clearwater that is located in Missoula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sedgwick County community of Clearwater.
    • Louisiana
      • Evangeline Parish
      • This Clearwater is located in Evangeline Parish and lies 1,568 miles [2,523.5 km]<2> to the southeast of the Clearwater that is located in Missoula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Evangeline Parish community of Clearwater.
    • Manitoba
      • This Clearwater lies 666 miles [1,071.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Clearwater that is located in Missoula County.
    • Minnesota
      • Wright County
      • This Clearwater is located in Wright County and lies 928 miles [1,493.5 km]<2> to the east of the Clearwater that is located in Missoula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wright County community of Clearwater.
    • Missouri
      • Sainte Genevieve County
      • This Clearwater is located in Sainte Genevieve County and lies 1,338 miles [2,153.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Clearwater that is located in Missoula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sainte Genevieve County community of Clearwater.
    • Nebraska
      • Antelope County
      • This Clearwater is located in Antelope County and lies 816 miles [1,313.2 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Clearwater that is located in Missoula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Antelope County community of Clearwater.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Clearwater lies 2,186 miles [3,518 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Clearwater that is located in Missoula County.
    • New Jersey
      • Sussex County
      • This Clearwater is located in Sussex County and lies 1,943 miles [3,127 km]<2> to the east of the Clearwater that is located in Missoula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Clearwater.
    • Oregon
      • Douglas County
      • This Clearwater is located in Douglas County and lies 510 miles [820.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Clearwater that is located in Missoula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Clearwater.
    • South Carolina
      • Aiken County
      • This Clearwater is located in Aiken County and lies 1,885 miles [3,033.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Clearwater that is located in Missoula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Clearwater.
    • Tennessee
      • McMinn County
      • This Clearwater is located in McMinn County and lies 1,675 miles [2,695.7 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Clearwater that is located in Missoula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McMinn County community of Clearwater.
    • Texas
      • Franklin County
      • This Clearwater is located in Franklin County and lies 1,356 miles [2,182.3 km]<2> to the southeast of the Clearwater that is located in Missoula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Clearwater.
    • Washington
      • Jefferson County
      • This Clearwater is located in Jefferson County and lies 512 miles [824 km]<2> to the west of the Clearwater that is located in Missoula County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Clearwater.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Clearwater ...

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
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bearmouth. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearmouth
    • Bearmouth is located in Granite County
  • Beartown ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beartown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
    • Beartown is located in Granite County
  • Copper Cliff ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper Cliff have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Cliff
    • Copper Cliff is located in Missoula County
  • Helmville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Iris
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iris have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iris
    • Iris is located in Missoula County
  • Nimrod
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nimrod have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimrod
    • Nimrod is located in Granite County
  • Springtown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springtown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
    • Springtown is located in Granite County
  • Stump Town ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stump Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stump Town
    • Stump Town is located in Granite County
  • Sunset
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
    • Sunset is located in Missoula County
  • Twin Creeks
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Creeks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creeks
    • Twin Creeks is located in Missoula County

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

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

  • Missoula, which is the Seat of Missoula County, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Clearwater to Missoula, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two 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 70 miles [112.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 1,900 miles [3,057.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 75 days and walking would take 108 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,649 miles [10,700.5 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 7,418 miles [11,938.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,452 miles [8,774.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Clearwater. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Missoula County: www.co.missoula.mt.us/

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/

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 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 Clearwater 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>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- Clearwater) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Clearwater. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.0002, Longitude: -113.3779       In this case, the coordinates for Clearwater have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Clearwater 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 333.549 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.904 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.064 degrees.




 

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