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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 Lavina, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lavina 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 Lavina:
- 46.294601, -108.937956
- 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 Lavina
- 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 Golden Valley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Golden Valley County
- Since Lavina is near Musselshell County and also Yellowstone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Musselshell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yellowstone 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 Lavina
Communities Also Named Lavina ...
We found one communities that are also named Lavina.
There is one other community in Montana that is also named Lavina.
Beyond Montana.
- Communities Located In Montana ...
- Fergus 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 Lavina [Fergus County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lavina ...
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.
- Barber
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Barber is located in Golden Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Comanche
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Dodgetown ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dodgetown is located in Golden Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgetown
- Franklin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Franklin is located in Golden Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Gage
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gage is located in Musselshell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Hedgesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Molt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Republic ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Republic is located in Musselshell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
- Roundup
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Seventynine ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Seventynine is located in Golden Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seventynine
How Far From Lavina 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 town such as Lavina to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Lavina and extending to:
- Ryegate, which is the Seat of Golden Valley County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Lavina to Ryegate, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 148 miles [238.2 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,686 miles [2,713.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 66 days and walking would take 96 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,593 miles [10,610.4 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 7,361 miles [11,846.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,357 miles [8,621.3 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 Lavina 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Lavina) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lavina 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 Lavina. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2946, Longitude: -108.9380 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.008 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.75 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.417 degrees. |
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