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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 Kevin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kevin 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 Kevin:
- 48.745780, -111.965740
- 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 Kevin
- 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 Kevin is near Glacier County and also Pondera County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Glacier County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pondera 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 Kevin
Communities Also Named Kevin ...
We found two communities that are also named Kevin.
Within Montana, the name Kevin is unique.
Beyond Montana, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Minnesota
- Itasca County
- This Kevin is located in Itasca County and lies 869 miles [1,398.5 km]<1> to the east of the Kevin that is located in Toole County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Itasca County community of Kevin.
- Texas
- Liberty County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Kevin [Liberty County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kevin ...
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
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Glacier Colony
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glacier Colony is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glacier Colony
- Gunsight
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Gunsight is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunsight
- Lone Tree ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lone Tree is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
- Oilmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shields Crossing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shields Crossing is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields Crossing
- Sunburst
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sweet Grass
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sweet Grass is located in Toole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Grass
- Tipville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tipville is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipville
How Far From Kevin 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 town such as Kevin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kevin and extending to:
- Shelby, which is the Seat of Toole County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Kevin to Shelby, 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 five to six hours.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 148 miles [238.2 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 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,848 miles [2,974.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 105 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,512 miles [10,480 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 7,281 miles [11,717.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,317 miles [8,556.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Kevin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Kevin could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Kevin 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 Kevin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.7458, Longitude: -111.9657 In this case, the coordinates for Kevin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.497 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.838 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.943 degrees. |
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