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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 Lloyd, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lloyd 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 Lloyd:
    • 48.290446, -109.36201
    • 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 Lloyd
  • 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

Communities Also Named Lloyd ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Lloyd.

There are two communities within Montana that are also named Lloyd.

Beyond Montana, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Montana ...
    • Chouteau 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 Lloyd [Chouteau County].
    • Deer Lodge 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 Lloyd [Deer Lodge County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Ashley County
      • This Lloyd is located in Ashley County and lies 1,386 miles [2,230.6 km]<2> to the southeast of the Lloyd that is located in Blaine County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashley County community of Lloyd.
    • Florida
      • Jefferson County
      • This Lloyd is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,812 miles [2,916.1 km]<2> to the southeast of the Lloyd that is located in Blaine County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Lloyd.
    • Georgia
      • Dooly 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 Georgia community of Lloyd [Dooly County].
    • Kentucky
      • Greenup County
      • This Lloyd is located in Greenup County and lies 1,476 miles [2,375.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Lloyd that is located in Blaine County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenup County community of Lloyd.
    • Nebraska
      • Knox 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 Nebraska community of Lloyd [Knox County].
    • New York
      • Ulster County
      • This Lloyd is located in Ulster County and lies 1,767 miles [2,843.7 km]<2> to the east of the Lloyd that is located in Blaine County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Lloyd.
    • Ohio
      • Portage County
      • This Lloyd is located in Portage County and lies 1,467 miles [2,360.9 km]<2> to the east of the Lloyd that is located in Blaine County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portage County community of Lloyd.
    • Ontario
      • This Lloyd lies 1,566 miles [2,520.2 km]<2> to the east of the Lloyd that is located in Blaine County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Tioga 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 Pennsylvania community of Lloyd [Tioga County].
    • Texas
      • Denton 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 Texas community of Lloyd [Denton County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lloyd ...

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.

  • Bearpaw ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bearpaw have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearpaw
    • Bearpaw is located in Blaine County
  • Chinook
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Hungry Hollow ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hungry Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hungry Hollow
    • Hungry Hollow is located in Blaine County
  • Oscar ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oscar have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
    • Oscar is located in Hill County
  • Rattlesnake
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rattlesnake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rattlesnake
    • Rattlesnake is located in Blaine County
  • Rocky Boy
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Boy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Boy
    • Rocky Boy is located in Hill County
  • Saddle Butte
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saddle Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Butte
    • Saddle Butte is located in Hill County
  • Sour Dough Flat ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sour Dough Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sour Dough Flat
    • Sour Dough Flat is located in Blaine County

How Far From Lloyd 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 Lloyd to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lloyd and extending to:

  • Chinook, which is the Seat of Blaine County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lloyd to Chinook, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day 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 170 miles [273.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,725 miles [2,776.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 68 days and walking would take 98 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,483 miles [10,433.4 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 7,252 miles [11,671 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,265 miles [8,473.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lloyd. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Lloyd 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lloyd) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lloyd. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.2904, Longitude: -109.3620    
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Lloyd 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 330.422 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.415 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.376 degrees.









 

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