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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 Kila, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kila 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 Kila:
- 48.120045, -114.457864
- 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 Kila
- 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 Flathead County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Flathead County
- Since Kila is near Lake County and also Sanders County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sanders 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 Kila
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kila ...
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.
- Elmo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Evergreen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Halfmoon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Idlewise Court
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Idlewise Court is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewise Court
- Jessup
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jessup is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessup
- Lake Mary Ronan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lazy Day Court
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lazy Day Court is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Day Court
- Marion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pine Prairie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Prairie is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Prairie
- Rose Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Crossing is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Crossing
- Round Prairie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Round Prairie is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Prairie
- Swan River ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Swan River is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan River
- Whitefish
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Woods Bay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woods Bay is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Bay
How Far From Kila 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 Kila to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kila and extending to:
- Kalispell, which is the Seat of Flathead County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 155 miles [249.4 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Kila to Helena, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,956 miles [3,147.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 77 days and walking would take 112 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,602 miles [10,624.9 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 7,370 miles [11,860.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,422 miles [8,725.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kila) 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 Kila 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 Kila. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.1200, Longitude: -114.4579 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.466 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.052 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.61 degrees. |
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