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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 East Bench, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Bench 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 East Bench:
- 45.241588, -112.564739
- 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 East Bench
- 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 Beaverhead County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beaverhead County
- Since East Bench is near Madison County and also Silver Bow County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Silver Bow 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 East Bench
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Bench ...
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.
- Apex
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Apex is located in Beaverhead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- Birch Creek ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Birch Creek is located in Beaverhead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Creek
- Bond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bond is located in Beaverhead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bond
- Centerville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ford is located in Beaverhead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford
- Frenchie Place
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Frenchie Place is located in Beaverhead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchie Place
- Glen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Navy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Navy is located in Beaverhead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navy
How Far From East Bench 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 East Bench 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<2> community of East Bench once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in East Bench and extending to:
- Dillon, which is the Seat of Beaverhead County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<3> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from East Bench to Helena, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,856 miles [2,986.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 106 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,740 miles [10,847 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 7,509 miles [12,084.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,524 miles [8,890 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 East Bench, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East Bench) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 East Bench 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 East Bench. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2416, Longitude: -112.5647 In this case, the coordinates for East Bench have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.805 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.896 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.762 degrees. |
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