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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 Floral Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Floral Park and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Floral Park:
    • 45.986038, -112.493631
    • 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 Floral Park
  • 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 Silver Bow County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Silver Bow County
    • Since Floral Park is near Jefferson County and also Deer Lodge County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Deer Lodge 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 Floral Park

Communities Also Named Floral Park ...

We found six communities that are also named Floral Park.

Within Montana, the name Floral Park is unique.

Beyond Montana, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • Middlesex County
      • This Floral Park is located in Middlesex County and lies 2,009 miles [3,233.2 km]<1> to the east of the Floral Park that is located in Silver Bow County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Floral Park.
    • Florida
      • Palm Beach County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Floral Park [Palm Beach County].
    • New Jersey
      • Somerset County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Floral Park [Somerset County].
    • New York
      • Nassau County
      • This Floral Park is located in Nassau County and lies 1,961 miles [3,155.9 km]<1> to the east of the Floral Park that is located in Silver Bow County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Floral Park.
      • Queens County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Floral Park [Queens County].
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Floral Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Floral Park ...

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.

  • Butchertown ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Butchertown is located in Silver Bow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butchertown
  • Centerville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Centerville is located in Silver Bow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Donald
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Donald is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
  • Highview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Highview is located in Silver Bow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highview
  • Homestake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Homestake is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestake
  • Miles Crossing
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Miles Crossing is located in Silver Bow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Crossing
  • Paul Place
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Paul Place is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paul Place
  • Pioneer
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Pioneer is located in Silver Bow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
  • Rocker
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Rocker is located in Silver Bow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocker
  • Stringtown ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Stringtown is located in Silver Bow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown

How Far From Floral Park 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 Floral Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Floral Park and extending to:

  • Butte, which is the Seat of Silver Bow County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Floral Park to Helena, 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.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,855 miles [2,985.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 106 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,693 miles [10,771.3 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 7,462 miles [12,008.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,482 miles [8,822.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Floral Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Floral Park 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.
<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 Floral Park 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 Floral Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.9860, Longitude: -112.4936       In this case, the coordinates for Floral Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.792 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.943 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.634 degrees.