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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 Fallon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fallon 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 Fallon:
- 46.835563, -105.119422
- 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 Fallon
- 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 Prairie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prairie County
- Since Fallon is near Dawson County and also Custer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dawson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Custer 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 Fallon
Communities Also Named Fallon ...
We found nine communities that are also named Fallon.
There is one other community in Montana that is also named Fallon.
Beyond Montana, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Montana ...
- Custer County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Fallon [Custer County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Marin County
- This Fallon is located in Marin County and lies 1,076 miles [1,731.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Fallon that is located in Prairie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marin County community of Fallon.
- Louisiana
- Saint Charles Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Fallon [Saint Charles Parish].
- Nevada
- Churchill County
- This Fallon is located in Churchill County and lies 853 miles [1,372.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Fallon that is located in Prairie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Churchill County community of Fallon.
- North Dakota
- Morton County
- This Fallon is located in Morton County and lies 192 miles [309 km]<2> to the east of the Fallon that is located in Prairie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morton County community of Fallon.
- Oklahoma
- Choctaw County
- This Fallon is located in Choctaw County and lies 1,020 miles [1,641.5 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Fallon that is located in Prairie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Choctaw County community of Fallon.
- Ontario
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Fallon.
- Texas
- Limestone County
- This Fallon is located in Limestone County and lies 1,150 miles [1,850.7 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Fallon that is located in Prairie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Fallon.
- Washington
- Whitman County
- This Fallon is located in Whitman County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km]<2> to the west of the Fallon that is located in Prairie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitman County community of Fallon.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fallon ...
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.
- Calypso
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Calypso is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calypso
- Forest Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Park is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Hungry Joe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hungry Joe is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hungry Joe
- Marsh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Marsh is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh
- Mildred
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Terry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Union ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Zero
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Zero is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zero
How Far From Fallon 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 Fallon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fallon and extending to:
- Terry, which is the Seat of Prairie County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fallon to Terry, with an average speed<4> 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 327 miles [526.3 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,513 miles [2,434.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 86 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,466 miles [10,406 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 7,234 miles [11,642 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,208 miles [8,381.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Fallon 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fallon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Fallon 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 Fallon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.8356, Longitude: -105.1194 In this case, the coordinates for Fallon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.078 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.431 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.027 degrees. |
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