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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 Elso, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Elso 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 Elso:
- 46.348572, -108.677364
- 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 Elso
- 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 Musselshell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Musselshell County
- Since Elso is near Golden Valley County and also Yellowstone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Golden Valley 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 Elso
Curious and Interesting Names Near Elso ...
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.
- Comanche
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Comanche is located in Yellowstone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche
- Flatwillow Colony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Flatwillow Colony is located in Musselshell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwillow Colony
- Franklin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Franklin is located in Golden Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Gage
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gage is located in Musselshell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Musselshell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Republic ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Republic is located in Musselshell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
- Roundup
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Elso to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Elso to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Elso and extending to:
- Roundup, which is the Seat of Musselshell County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Elso to Roundup, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 159 miles [255.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,675 miles [2,695.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 66 days and walking would take 96 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,583 miles [10,594.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,352 miles [11,831.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,346 miles [8,603.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Elso) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Elso 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 Elso. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.3486, Longitude: -108.6774 In this case, the coordinates for Elso have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.808 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.524 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.251 degrees. |
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