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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 Hidden Lake Colony, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hidden Lake Colony 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 Hidden Lake Colony:
- 48.590813, -112.592564
- 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 Hidden Lake Colony
- 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 Hidden Lake Colony 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 Hidden Lake Colony
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hidden Lake Colony ...
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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Blackfoot is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot
- Cut Bank
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Edwards Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Edwards Crossing is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossing
- Family ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Family is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Family
- Gunsight
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gunsight is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunsight
- Pierce Crossing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pierce Crossing is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Crossing
- Shields Crossing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shields Crossing is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields Crossing
- Sundance
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sundance is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance
How Far From Hidden Lake Colony 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 Hidden Lake Colony to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hidden Lake Colony and extending to:
- Cut Bank, which is the Seat of Glacier County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hidden Lake Colony to Cut Bank, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 140 miles [225.3 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,875 miles [3,017.5 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 6,535 miles [10,517.1 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 7,303 miles [11,753 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,344 miles [8,600.3 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hidden Lake Colony) 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 Hidden Lake Colony 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 Hidden Lake Colony. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.5908, Longitude: -112.5926 In this case, the coordinates for Hidden Lake Colony have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.991 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.392 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.363 degrees. |
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