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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 Jitney, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jitney 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 Jitney:
- 47.020818, -108.026783
- 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 Jitney
- 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 Petroleum County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Petroleum County
- Since Jitney is near Garfield County and also Fergus County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Garfield County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fergus 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 Jitney
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jitney ...
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.
- Alice ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Alice is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Cat Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cat Creek is located in Petroleum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cat Creek
- Chimney Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Chimney Crossing is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Crossing
- Dovetail ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dovetail is located in Petroleum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dovetail
- Flatwillow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Flatwillow is located in Petroleum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwillow
- Martin ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Martin is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Sand Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Valentine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Valentine is located in Fergus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
How Far From Jitney 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 Jitney 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 Jitney once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Jitney and extending to:
- Winnett, which is the Seat of Petroleum County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Jitney to Winnett, with an average speed<4> 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 191 miles [307.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,650 miles [2,655.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 65 days and walking would take 94 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,527 miles [10,504.2 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 7,296 miles [11,741.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,291 miles [8,515 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 Jitney, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jitney) 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 Jitney 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 Jitney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.0208, Longitude: -108.0268 In this case, the coordinates for Jitney have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.33 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.039 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.754 degrees. |
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