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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 Lolo Hot Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lolo Hot Springs 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 Lolo Hot Springs:
- 46.727699, -114.530672
- 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 Lolo Hot Springs
- 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 Missoula County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Missoula County
- Since Lolo Hot Springs is near Idaho County and also Clearwater County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Idaho County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clearwater 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 Lolo Hot Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lolo Hot Springs ...
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.
- Bitter Root ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bitter Root is located in Ravalli County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitter Root
- Cozy Court
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cozy Court is located in Missoula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozy Court
- Florence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Frenchtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grass Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grass Valley is located in Missoula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Valley
- Hell Gate ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hell Gate is located in Missoula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell Gate
- Lolo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Orchard Homes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Homes is located in Missoula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Homes
- Quartz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Quartz is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartz
- Six Mile ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Six Mile is located in Missoula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile
- Stevensville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stovepipe ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stovepipe is located in Missoula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovepipe
How Far From Lolo Hot Springs 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 Lolo Hot Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lolo Hot Springs and extending to:
- Missoula, which is the Seat of Missoula County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lolo Hot Springs to Missoula, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 119 miles [191.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,954 miles [3,144.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 77 days and walking would take 111 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,690 miles [10,766.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,458 miles [12,002.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,501 miles [8,853 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Lolo Hot Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Lolo Hot Springs 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 Lolo Hot Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.7277, Longitude: -114.5307 In this case, the coordinates for Lolo Hot Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.458 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.935 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.819 degrees. |
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