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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 Kintyre, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kintyre 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 Kintyre:
- 48.073074, -106.151967
- 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 Kintyre
- 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 Valley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Valley County
- Since Kintyre is near McCone County and also Roosevelt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McCone County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roosevelt 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 Kintyre
Communities Also Named Kintyre ...
We found three communities that are also named Kintyre.
There is one other community in Montana that is also named Kintyre.
Beyond Montana, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, .
- Communities Located In Montana ...
- Dawson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Kintyre [Dawson County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Dakota
- Emmons County
- This Kintyre is located in Emmons County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Kintyre that is located in Valley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Emmons County community of Kintyre.
- Ontario
- This Kintyre lies 1,238 miles [1,992.4 km]<2> to the east of the Kintyre that is located in Valley County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kintyre ...
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.
- Bakers ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bakers is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers
- Cactus Flat ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cactus Flat is located in McCone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus Flat
- Fort Peck
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Free Deal ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Free Deal is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Deal
- Lakeview ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lakeview is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Park Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Park Grove is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Grove
- Square Deal ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Square Deal is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Square Deal
- Whately
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Whately is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whately
How Far From Kintyre 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 Kintyre to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kintyre and extending to:
- Glasgow, which is the Seat of Valley County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Kintyre to Glasgow, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 292 miles [469.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,578 miles [2,539.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 62 days and walking would take 90 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,420 miles [10,332 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 7,188 miles [11,568 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,178 miles [8,333.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Kintyre 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. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Kintyre) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Kintyre 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 Kintyre. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.0731, Longitude: -106.1520 In this case, the coordinates for Kintyre have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.912 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.516 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.431 degrees. |
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