Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Dodgetown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dodgetown and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Dodgetown
- 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 Dodgetown:
- 46.306902, -109.361288
- 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 Dodgetown
- 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 Golden Valley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Golden Valley County
- Since Dodgetown is near Wheatland County and also Stillwater County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Wheatland County
- eBird sighting report for Stillwater 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Dodgetown ...
We found one communities that share the name Dodgetown.
Within Montana, the name Dodgetown is unique.
Beyond Montana, there is another community also named Dodgetown in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dodgetown ...
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.
- Barber
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Franklin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Hedgesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgesville
- Hedgesville is located in Wheatland County
- Living Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Living Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Living Springs
- Living Springs is located in Wheatland County
- Seventynine ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seventynine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seventynine
- Seventynine is located in Golden Valley County
How Far From Dodgetown 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 Dodgetown 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<3> community of Dodgetown once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Dodgetown and extending to:
- Ryegate, which is the Seat of Golden Valley County, lies just to the East.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 128 miles [206 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Dodgetown to Helena, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,707 miles [2,747.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 67 days and walking would take 97 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,602 miles [10,624.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,371 miles [11,862.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,369 miles [8,640.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Dodgetown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dodgetown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.3069, Longitude: -109.3613 In this case, the coordinates for Dodgetown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Dodgetown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Dodgetown to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.339 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.134 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.673 degrees. |