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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 Culbertson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Culbertson 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 Culbertson:
    • 48.148848, -104.516831
    • 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 Culbertson
  • 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 Culbertson ...

We found seven communities that share the name Culbertson.

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

Beyond Montana, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Montana ...
    • Dawson 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 Culbertson [Dawson County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Boyd 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 Kentucky community of Culbertson [Boyd County].
      • Kenton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Culbertson [Kenton County].
    • Louisiana
      • Union Parish
      • This Culbertson is located in Union Parish and lies 1,236 miles [1,989.1 km]<2> to the southeast of the Culbertson that is located in Roosevelt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union Parish community of Culbertson.
    • Nebraska
      • Hitchcock County
      • This Culbertson is located in Hitchcock County and lies 576 miles [927 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Culbertson that is located in Roosevelt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hitchcock County community of Culbertson.
    • Ohio
      • Lawrence 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 Ohio community of Culbertson [Lawrence County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Franklin County
      • This Culbertson is located in Franklin County and lies 1,423 miles [2,290.1 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Culbertson that is located in Roosevelt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Culbertson.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Culbertson ...

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.

  • Arthur ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arthur have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
    • Arthur is located in Richland County
  • Blair
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blair have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
    • Blair is located in Roosevelt County
  • Homestead
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homestead have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
    • Homestead is located in Sheridan County
  • Marley
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley
    • Marley is located in Williams County (ND)
  • Medicine Lake
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medicine Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Lake
    • Medicine Lake is located in Sheridan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 219 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medicine Lake <4>
  • Rock Crossing
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Crossing
    • Rock Crossing is located in Sheridan County
  • Slab Crossing
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slab Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Crossing
    • Slab Crossing is located in Roosevelt County

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

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

  • Wolf Point, which is the Seat of Roosevelt County, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Culbertson to Wolf Point, with an average speed<5> 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 366 miles [589 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,506 miles [2,423.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 86 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,375 miles [10,259.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,143 miles [11,495.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,123 miles [8,244.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

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 Culbertson 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- Culbertson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Culbertson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.1488, Longitude: -104.5168    
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Culbertson to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.654 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.085 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.419 degrees.









 

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