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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 Cohagen, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cohagen 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 Cohagen:
- 47.055234, -106.617703
- 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 Cohagen
- 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 Garfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Garfield County
- Since Cohagen is near Rosebud County and also Prairie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rosebud County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prairie 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 Cohagen
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cohagen ...
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.
- Allen ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Allen is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Crow Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Crow Rock is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Rock
- Freedom ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Freedom is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Hillside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jordan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Paris ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Paris is located in McCone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Purewater ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Purewater is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purewater
- Rock Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Springs is located in Rosebud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
How Far From Cohagen 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 Cohagen to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cohagen and extending to:
- Jordan, which is the Seat of Garfield County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cohagen to Jordan, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 257 miles [413.6 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,585 miles [2,550.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 62 days and walking would take 90 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,491 miles [10,446.3 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 7,259 miles [11,682.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,245 miles [8,441 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- Cohagen) 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 Cohagen 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 Cohagen. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.0552, Longitude: -106.6177 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.239 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.787 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.892 degrees. |
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