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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 Elloam, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Elloam 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 Elloam:
- 48.886674, -109.389622
- 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 Elloam
- 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 Blaine County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blaine County
- Since Elloam is near Hill County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hill 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 Elloam
Curious and Interesting Names Near Elloam ...
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.
- Arena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Cherry Ridge ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cherry Ridge is located in Blaine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Ridge
- Cherry Ridge has also been known as:
- Cherry Ridge Ranch
- Chinook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Divide
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
- Hollandville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hollandville is located in Blaine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandville
- Minnesota Settlement ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Minnesota Settlement is located in Blaine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota Settlement
- Supreme
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Supreme
- Willow Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Elloam 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 Elloam 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 Elloam once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Elloam and extending to:
- Chinook, which is the Seat of Blaine County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Elloam to Chinook, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 200 miles [321.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,734 miles [2,790.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 68 days and walking would take 99 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,448 miles [10,377.1 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 7,217 miles [11,614.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,235 miles [8,424.9 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 Elloam, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Elloam) 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 Elloam 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 Elloam. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.8867, Longitude: -109.3896 In this case, the coordinates for Elloam have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.462 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.517 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.297 degrees. |
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