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 Lewistown:
47.051650, -109.454080
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 Lewistown
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 Fergus County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found eleven communities that are also named Lewistown.
Within Montana, the name Lewistown is unique.
Beyond Montana, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Illinois
Fulton County
This Lewistown is located in Fulton County and lies 1,063 miles [1,710.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lewistown that is located in Fergus County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Lewistown.
Kentucky
Caldwell County
This Lewistown is located in Caldwell County and lies 1,296 miles [2,085.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lewistown that is located in Fergus County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Lewistown.
Louisiana
Lafourche Parish
This Lewistown is located in Lafourche Parish and lies 1,562 miles [2,513.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Lewistown that is located in Fergus County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafourche Parish community of Lewistown.
Maryland
Frederick County
This Lewistown is located in Frederick County and lies 1,678 miles [2,700.5 km]<1> to the east of the Lewistown that is located in Fergus County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Lewistown.
Talbot County
This Lewistown is located in Talbot County and lies 1,770 miles [2,848.5 km] to the east of the Lewistown that is located in Fergus County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talbot County community of Lewistown.
Missouri
Lewis County
This Lewistown is located in Lewis County and lies 1,001 miles [1,611 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lewistown that is located in Fergus County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Lewistown.
New Jersey
Burlington County
This Lewistown is located in Burlington County and lies 1,792 miles [2,883.9 km]<1> to the east of the Lewistown that is located in Fergus County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Lewistown.
Nova Scotia
This Lewistown lies 2,076 miles [3,341 km]<1> to the east of the Lewistown that is located in Fergus County.
Ohio
Logan County
This Lewistown is located in Logan County and lies 1,347 miles [2,167.8 km]<1> to the east of the Lewistown that is located in Fergus County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Lewistown.
Pennsylvania
Mifflin County
This Lewistown is located in Mifflin County and lies 1,636 miles [2,632.9 km]<1> to the east of the Lewistown that is located in Fergus County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mifflin County community of Lewistown.
Virginia
Hanover County
This Lewistown is located in Hanover County and lies 1,739 miles [2,798.6 km]<1> to the east of the Lewistown that is located in Fergus County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanover County community of Lewistown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lewistown ...
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.
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 city such as Lewistown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lewistown and extending to:
Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Lewistown to Helena, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,717 miles [2,763.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 67 days and walking would take 98 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,559 miles [10,555.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,328 miles [11,793.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,333 miles [8,582.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Lewistown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Lewistown 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 Lewistown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.0517, Longitude: -109.4541 In this case, the coordinates for Lewistown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.446 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.327 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.623 degrees.