Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Langford City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Langford City and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Langford City
- 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 Langford City:
- 46.548274, -111.032163
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Langford City
- 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 Meagher County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Meagher County
- Since Langford City is near Broadwater County and also Gallatin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Broadwater County
- eBird sighting report for Gallatin 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Langford City ...
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.
- Bruce Place
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bruce Place have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce Place
- Bruce Place is located in Meagher County
- Deep Creek ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deep Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
- Deep Creek is located in Broadwater County
- Diamond City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamond City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
- Diamond City is located in Broadwater County
- Ford Place
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ford Place have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Place
- Ford Place is located in Meagher County
- Forest Green
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Green have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Green
- Forest Green is located in Meagher County
- Manger
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Noble
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west) - Ringling
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringling
- Ringling is located in Meagher County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ringling <2>
- Sixteen
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
How Far From Langford City 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 Langford City 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 Langford City once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Langford City and extending to:
- White Sulphur Springs, which is the Seat of Meagher County, lies just to the East.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<4> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Langford City to Helena, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,787 miles [2,875.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 70 days and walking would take 102 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,626 miles [10,663.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,395 miles [11,901.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,408 miles [8,703.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Langford City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Langford City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Langford City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.5483, Longitude: -111.0322 In this case, the coordinates for Langford City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Langford City to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.664 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.687 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.664 degrees. |