Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Cooke City - Silver Gate, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cooke City - Silver Gate and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Cooke City - Silver Gate

• 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 Cooke City - Silver Gate:
  • 45.017378, -109.938599
  • 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 Cooke City - Silver Gate

• 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 Park County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Park County
  • Since Cooke City - Silver Gate is near Park County and also Carbon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Park County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon 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 Cooke City - Silver Gate

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cooke City - Silver Gate ...

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.

• Alpine
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Alpine is located in Carbon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
• Devils Den
  (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Devils Den is located in Park County (WY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Den
• Fossil Forest
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Fossil Forest is located in Park County (WY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossil Forest
• Independence ‑ Historic
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Independence is located in Park County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
• Lazy Day ‑ Historic
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Lazy Day is located in Park County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Day
• Mountain View
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Mountain View is located in Stillwater County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
• Silver Gate
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Silver Gate is located in Park County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Gate
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver Gate <1>
• Soda Butte ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Soda Butte is located in Park County (WY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Butte
• Tower Junction
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Tower Junction is located in Park County (WY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Junction
• Yanceys
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Yanceys is located in Park County (WY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yanceys

How Far From Cooke City - Silver Gate 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 Cooke City - Silver Gate to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cooke City - Silver Gate and extending to:

• Livingston, which is the Seat of Park County, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cooke City - Silver Gate to Livingston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
• Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 147 miles [236.6 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,728 miles [2,780.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 68 days and walking would take 99 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,693 miles [10,771.3 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 7,462 miles [12,008.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,456 miles [8,780.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'