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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 Cozy Court, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cozy Court 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 Cozy Court:
- 46.754646, -114.081500
- 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 Cozy Court
- 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 Missoula County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Missoula County
- Since Cozy Court is near Ravalli County and also Granite County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ravalli County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Granite 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 Cozy Court
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cozy Court ...
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.
- Bitter Root ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bitter Root is located in Ravalli County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitter Root
- Carols Court
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carols Court is located in Missoula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carols Court
- Eight Mile ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eight Mile is located in Ravalli County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eight Mile
- Eightmile Saddle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Eightmile Saddle is located in Granite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eightmile Saddle
- Florence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Grass Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Grass Valley is located in Missoula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Valley
- Hell Gate ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hell Gate is located in Missoula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell Gate
- Lolo
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Milltown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Homes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Orchard Homes is located in Missoula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Homes
How Far From Cozy Court 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 Cozy Court to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cozy Court and extending to:
- Missoula, which is the Seat of Missoula County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cozy Court to Missoula, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 98 miles [157.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,933 miles [3,110.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 76 days and walking would take 110 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,679 miles [10,748.8 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 7,447 miles [11,984.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,486 miles [8,828.9 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cozy Court) 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 Cozy Court 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 Cozy Court. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.7546, Longitude: -114.0815 In this case, the coordinates for Cozy Court have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.10 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.522 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.534 degrees. |
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