Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Fort Piegan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Piegan and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Fort Piegan

• 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 Fort Piegan:
  • 48.630536, -112.647568
  • 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 Fort Piegan

• 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 Fort Piegan is near Pondera County and also Toole County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pondera County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Toole 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 Fort Piegan

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort Piegan ...

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.

• Blackfoot
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Blackfoot is located in Glacier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot
• Cut Bank
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Cut Bank is located in Glacier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cut Bank
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cut Bank <1>
• Edwards Crossing
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Edwards Crossing is located in Pondera County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossing
• Family ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Family is located in Glacier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Family
• Gunsight
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Gunsight is located in Glacier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunsight
• Pierce Crossing
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Pierce Crossing is located in Pondera County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Crossing
• Shields Crossing
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Shields Crossing is located in Pondera County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields Crossing
• Sundance
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Sundance is located in Glacier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance
• Tipville ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Tipville is located in Glacier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipville

How Far From Fort Piegan 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 Fort Piegan to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fort Piegan and extending to:

• Cut Bank, which is the Seat of Glacier County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Fort Piegan to Cut Bank, 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 four to five hours.
• Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 143 miles [230.1 km] to the south (S). 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 1,878 miles [3,022.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 74 days and walking would take 107 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,533 miles [10,513.8 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 7,302 miles [11,751.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,343 miles [8,598.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'