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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 Fattig, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fattig 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 Fattig:
- 46.364969, -108.264009
- 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 Fattig
- 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 Fattig is near Petroleum County and also Yellowstone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Petroleum 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 Fattig
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fattig ...
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.
- Bull Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bull Mountain is located in Yellowstone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Mountain
- Flatwillow Colony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Flatwillow Colony is located in Musselshell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwillow Colony
- Gage
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gage is located in Musselshell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Musselshell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pompeys Pillar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Queens Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Queens Point is located in Musselshell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Point
- Republic ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Republic is located in Musselshell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
- Roundup
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shepherd
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
How Far From Fattig 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 Fattig 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 Fattig once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Fattig and extending to:
- Roundup, which is the Seat of Musselshell County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fattig to Roundup, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 179 miles [288.1 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,655 miles [2,663.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 65 days and walking would take 94 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,572 miles [10,576.6 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 7,341 miles [11,814.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,332 miles [8,581 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 Fattig, 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' (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- Fattig) 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 Fattig 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 Fattig. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.3650, Longitude: -108.2640 In this case, the coordinates for Fattig have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.486 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.155 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.998 degrees. |
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