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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 Gearing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gearing 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 Gearing:
- 46.714381, -112.133894
- 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 Gearing
- 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 Lewis and Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis and Clark County
- Since Gearing is near Powell County and also Jefferson 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 Jefferson 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 Gearing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gearing ...
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.
- Birdseye
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Birdseye is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
- Blue Cloud ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Blue Cloud is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Cloud
- Iron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Iron is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron
- Marysville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Seven Mile ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Mile is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile
- Silver City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Silver City is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Skyline
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Skyline is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
- Trinity ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Weed
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Weed is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed
How Far From Gearing 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 Gearing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Gearing and extending to:
- Helena, which is the Seat of Lewis and Clark County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Gearing to Helena, with an average speed<3> 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 10 miles [16.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,840 miles [2,961.2 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 72 days and walking would take 105 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,640 miles [10,686 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 7,409 miles [11,923.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,432 miles [8,742 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 '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- Gearing) 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 Gearing 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 Gearing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.7144, Longitude: -112.1339 In this case, the coordinates for Gearing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.544 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.719 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.324 degrees. |
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