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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 False Summit, we use the following websites to find information relevant to False Summit 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 False Summit:
- 48.371910, -113.279538
- 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 False Summit
- 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 Glacier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Glacier County
- Since False Summit is near Flathead County and also Pondera County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Flathead County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pondera 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 False Summit
Curious and Interesting Names Near False Summit ...
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.
- Bison
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bison is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bison
- Blacktail
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Blacktail is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacktail
- Kiowa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Nimrod
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nimrod is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimrod
- Pinnacle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pinnacle is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle
- Singleshot
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Singleshot is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singleshot
- Snowslip
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Snowslip is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowslip
- Star
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Star is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Three Forks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Three Forks is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
How Far From False Summit 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 False Summit to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in False Summit and extending to:
- Cut Bank, which is the Seat of Glacier County, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from False Summit to Cut Bank, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 136 miles [218.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,904 miles [3,064.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 75 days and walking would take 109 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,562 miles [10,560.5 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 7,331 miles [11,798.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,375 miles [8,650.2 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- False Summit) 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 False Summit 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 False Summit. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.3719, Longitude: -113.2795 In this case, the coordinates for False Summit have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.531 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.996 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.829 degrees. |
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