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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 Fishtail, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fishtail 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 Fishtail:
- 45.453418, -109.504403
- 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 Fishtail
- 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 Stillwater County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stillwater County
- Since Fishtail is near Carbon County and also Sweet Grass County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sweet Grass 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 Fishtail
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fishtail ...
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.
- Alpine
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Alpine is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Beehive
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Columbus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Craver
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Craver is located in Stillwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craver
- Dean
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fox ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fox is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- George Place ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- George Place is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George Place
- Luther
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Luther is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Reed Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Springtime
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Springtime is located in Stillwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtime
How Far From Fishtail 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 Fishtail to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fishtail and extending to:
- Columbus, which is the Seat of Stillwater County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fishtail to Columbus, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 143 miles [230.1 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,709 miles [2,750.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 67 days and walking would take 98 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,656 miles [10,711.8 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 7,425 miles [11,949.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,419 miles [8,721 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 from Point A (ie- Fishtail) 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 Fishtail 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 Fishtail. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4534, Longitude: -109.5044 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.407 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.132 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.876 degrees. |
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