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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 Fredrickson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fredrickson 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 Fredrickson:
- 46.238259, -112.825873
- 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 Fredrickson
- 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 Deer Lodge County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Deer Lodge County
- Since Fredrickson is near Powell County and also Granite County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Powell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Granite 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 Fredrickson
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fredrickson ...
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.
- Champion ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Champion is located in Deer Lodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
- Crackerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Crackerville is located in Deer Lodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crackerville
- Danielsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Danielsville is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danielsville
- Deer Lodge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lost Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lost Creek is located in Deer Lodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Opportunity
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Opportunity is located in Deer Lodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opportunity
- Prison Farm
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Prison Farm is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prison Farm
- Racetrack
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Racetrack is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racetrack
- Stump Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stump Town is located in Deer Lodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stump Town
- Sunnyside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sunnyside is located in Deer Lodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Tungsten
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Tungsten is located in Granite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tungsten
- Warm Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Warm Springs is located in Deer Lodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Springs
How Far From Fredrickson 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 Fredrickson 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 Fredrickson once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Fredrickson and extending to:
- Anaconda, which is the Seat of Deer Lodge County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fredrickson to Anaconda, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 45 miles [72.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,871 miles [3,011.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 107 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,684 miles [10,756.9 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 7,453 miles [11,994.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,478 miles [8,816 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 Fredrickson, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fredrickson) 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 Fredrickson 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 Fredrickson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2383, Longitude: -112.8259 In this case, the coordinates for Fredrickson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.07 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.287 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.81 degrees. |
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