Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Kingley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kingley and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Kingley

• 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 Kingley:
  • 45.898595, -107.601747
  • 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 Kingley

• 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 Big Horn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Big Horn County
  • Since Kingley is near Yellowstone County and also Treasure County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Yellowstone County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Treasure 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 Kingley

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kingley ...

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.

• Bighorn
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Bighorn is located in Treasure County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bighorn
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bighorn <1>
• Bull Mountain
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Bull Mountain is located in Yellowstone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Mountain
• Dunmore
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Dunmore is located in Big Horn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunmore
• Fee
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Fee is located in Yellowstone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fee
• Garryowen
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Garryowen is located in Big Horn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garryowen
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garryowen <1>
• Indian Arrow
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Indian Arrow is located in Yellowstone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Arrow
• Pompeys Pillar
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Pompeys Pillar is located in Yellowstone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pompeys Pillar
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pompeys Pillar <1>
• Rancher ‑ Historic
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Rancher is located in Treasure County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancher
• Retreat Crossing
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Retreat Crossing is located in Big Horn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat Crossing
• Waco
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Waco is located in Yellowstone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco

How Far From Kingley to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Kingley to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kingley and extending to:

• Hardin, which is the Seat of Big Horn County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Kingley to Hardin, 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 216 miles [347.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,620 miles [2,607.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 64 days and walking would take 92 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,584 miles [10,595.9 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 7,352 miles [11,831.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,336 miles [8,587.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'