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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 Kurtzville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kurtzville 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 Kurtzville:
- 46.161654, -107.448681
- 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 Kurtzville
- 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 Treasure County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Treasure County
- Since Kurtzville is near Yellowstone County and also Big Horn 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 Big Horn 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 Kurtzville
Communities Also Named Kurtzville ...
We found one communities that are also named Kurtzville.
Within Montana, the name Kurtzville is unique.
Beyond Montana, there is another community also named Kurtzville in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ontario
- This Kurtzville lies 1,296 miles [2,085.7 km]<1> to the east of the Kurtzville that is located in Treasure County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kurtzville ...
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
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bull Mountain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bull Mountain is located in Yellowstone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Mountain
- Fee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fee is located in Yellowstone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fee
- Finch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Finch is located in Rosebud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
- Howard ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Howard is located in Rosebud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Pompeys Pillar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rancher ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rancher is located in Treasure County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancher
- Waco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Waco is located in Yellowstone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
How Far From Kurtzville 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 community such as Kurtzville 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<3> community of Kurtzville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Kurtzville and extending to:
- Hysham, which is the Seat of Treasure County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Kurtzville to Hysham, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 219 miles [352.4 km] to the west (W). 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 1,615 miles [2,599.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 63 days and walking would take 92 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,564 miles [10,563.7 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 7,333 miles [11,801.3 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kurtzville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 Kurtzville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Kurtzville 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 Kurtzville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.1617, Longitude: -107.4487 In this case, the coordinates for Kurtzville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.845 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.395 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.537 degrees. |
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