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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 Hillside Colony, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hillside 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 Hillside Colony:
- 48.979162, -112.068381
- 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 Hillside 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 Toole County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Toole County
- Since Hillside Colony is near Glacier County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Glacier 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 Hillside Colony
Communities Also Named Hillside Colony ...
We found three communities that are also named Hillside Colony.
Within Montana, the name Hillside Colony is unique.
Beyond Montana, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Saratoga County
- This Hillside Colony is located in Saratoga County and lies 1,868 miles [3,006.3 km]<1> to the east of the Hillside Colony that is located in Toole County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saratoga County community of Hillside Colony.
- South Dakota
- Brookings County
- This Hillside Colony is located in Brookings County and lies 803 miles [1,292.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Hillside Colony that is located in Toole County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brookings County community of Hillside Colony.
- Spink County
- This Hillside Colony is located in Spink County and lies 722 miles [1,161.9 km] to the east southeast of the Hillside Colony that is located in Toole County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spink County community of Hillside Colony.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hillside 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.
- Cut Bank
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glacier Colony
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glacier Colony is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glacier Colony
- Gunsight
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gunsight is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunsight
- Milk River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Oilmont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sunburst
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sweet Grass
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sweet Grass is located in Toole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Grass
- Tipville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tipville is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipville
How Far From Hillside Colony 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 Hillside Colony to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hillside Colony and extending to:
- Shelby, which is the Seat of Toole County, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hillside Colony to Shelby, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 164 miles [263.9 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,855 miles [2,985.3 km] to the east (E). Driving 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 6,500 miles [10,460.7 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 7,268 miles [11,696.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,308 miles [8,542.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hillside Colony) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Hillside 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 Hillside Colony. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.9792, Longitude: -112.0684 In this case, the coordinates for Hillside Colony have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.586 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.961 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.974 degrees. |
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