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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 Dunmore, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dunmore 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 Dunmore:
- 45.678589, -107.504527
- 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 Dunmore
- 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 Big Horn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Big Horn County
- Since Dunmore is near Treasure County and also Yellowstone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Treasure County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yellowstone 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 Dunmore
Communities Also Named Dunmore ...
We found five communities that are also named Dunmore.
Within Montana, the name Dunmore is unique.
Beyond Montana, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- This Dunmore lies 328 miles [527.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Dunmore that is located in Big Horn County.
- Nova Scotia
- 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 Nova Scotia community of Dunmore.
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Dunmore.
- Pennsylvania
- Lackawanna County
- This Dunmore is located in Lackawanna County and lies 1,611 miles [2,592.7 km]<1> to the east of the Dunmore that is located in Big Horn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lackawanna County community of Dunmore.
- West Virginia
- Pocahontas County
- This Dunmore is located in Pocahontas County and lies 1,495 miles [2,406 km]<1> to the east of the Dunmore that is located in Big Horn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pocahontas County community of Dunmore.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dunmore ...
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.
- Bull Mountain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bull Mountain is located in Yellowstone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Mountain
- Fee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fee is located in Yellowstone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fee
- Forty Mile Colony
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Forty Mile Colony is located in Big Horn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forty Mile Colony
- Garryowen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lodge Grass
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pompeys Pillar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Retreat Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Retreat Crossing is located in Big Horn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat Crossing
- Waco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Waco is located in Yellowstone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
How Far From Dunmore 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 Dunmore to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dunmore and extending to:
- Hardin, which is the Seat of Big Horn County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Dunmore to Helena, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,614 miles [2,597.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 63 days and walking would take 92 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,594 miles [10,612 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 7,362 miles [11,848 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,344 miles [8,600.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dunmore) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Dunmore 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> | 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 Dunmore 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 Dunmore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6786, Longitude: -107.5045 In this case, the coordinates for Dunmore have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.865 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.37 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.643 degrees. |
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