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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 Cutler, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cutler 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 Cutler:
    • 46.242502, -105.747773
    • 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 Cutler
  • 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 Custer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Custer County
    • Since Cutler 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 Cutler

Communities Also Named Cutler ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Cutler.

Within Montana, the name Cutler is unique.

Beyond Montana, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Tulare County
      • This Cutler is located in Tulare County and lies 968 miles [1,557.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cutler that is located in Custer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulare County community of Cutler.
    • Florida
      • Miami-Dade County
      • This Cutler is located in Miami-Dade County and lies 1,995 miles [3,210.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Cutler that is located in Custer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami-Dade County community of Cutler.
    • Illinois
      • Perry County
      • This Cutler is located in Perry County and lies 1,000 miles [1,609.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cutler that is located in Custer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Cutler.
    • Indiana
      • Carroll County
      • This Cutler is located in Carroll County and lies 1,040 miles [1,673.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cutler that is located in Custer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Cutler.
    • Kansas
      • Wallace County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Cutler [Wallace County].
    • Maine
      • Washington County
      • This Cutler is located in Washington County and lies 1,851 miles [2,978.9 km]<1> to the east of the Cutler that is located in Custer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Cutler.
    • Minnesota
      • Aitkin County
      • This Cutler is located in Aitkin County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<1> to the east of the Cutler that is located in Custer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aitkin County community of Cutler.
    • Ohio
      • Washington County
      • This Cutler is located in Washington County and lies 1,297 miles [2,087.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cutler that is located in Custer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Cutler.
    • Ontario
      • This Cutler lies 1,108 miles [1,783.2 km]<1> to the east of the Cutler that is located in Custer County.
    • Texas
      • Grayson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cutler [Grayson County].
    • Utah
      • Box Elder County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Cutler [Box Elder County].
      • Utah 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 Utah community of Cutler [Utah County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Juneau County
      • This Cutler is located in Juneau County and lies 769 miles [1,237.6 km]<1> to the east of the Cutler that is located in Custer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Juneau County community of Cutler.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cutler ...

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.

  • Crain Place
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Crain Place is located in Rosebud County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crain Place
  • Joppa
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Joppa is located in Rosebud County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
  • Miles City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Moon Creek ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Moon Creek is located in Custer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Creek
  • Sadie ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Sadie is located in Custer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sadie

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Cutler once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Cutler and extending to:

  • Miles City, which is the Seat of Custer County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cutler to Miles City, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 299 miles [481.2 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,535 miles [2,470.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 88 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,517 miles [10,488.1 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 7,284 miles [11,722.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,259 miles [8,463.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Cutler) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Cutler 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cutler, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Cutler 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 Cutler. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2425, Longitude: -105.7478       In this case, the coordinates for Cutler have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.538 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.897 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.505 degrees.