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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 Lost Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lost Creek and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Lost Creek:
    • 47.516676, -105.583888
    • 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 Lost Creek
  • 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 McCone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McCone County
    • Since Lost Creek is near Dawson County and also Prairie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dawson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Prairie 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 Lost Creek

Communities Also Named Lost Creek ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Lost Creek.

There is one other community in Montana that is also named Lost Creek.

Beyond Montana, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Montana ...
    • Deer Lodge County
      • This Lost Creek is located in Deer Lodge County and lies 359 miles [577.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Lost Creek that is located in McCone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Deer Lodge County community of Lost Creek.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Linn County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lost Creek [Linn County].
    • Kentucky
      • Breathitt County
      • This Lost Creek is located in Breathitt County and lies 1,321 miles [2,125.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lost Creek that is located in McCone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Breathitt County community of Lost Creek.
      • Lawrence County
      • This Lost Creek is located in Lawrence County and lies 1,330 miles [2,140.4 km] to the east southeast of the Lost Creek that is located in McCone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Lost Creek.
      • Morgan County
      • This Lost Creek is located in Morgan County and lies 1,317 miles [2,119.5 km] to the east southeast of the Lost Creek that is located in McCone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Lost Creek.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Schuylkill County
      • This Lost Creek is located in Schuylkill County and lies 1,514 miles [2,436.5 km]<1> to the east of the Lost Creek that is located in McCone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Lost Creek.
    • South Carolina
      • Richland County
      • This Lost Creek is located in Richland County and lies 1,566 miles [2,520.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lost Creek that is located in McCone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Lost Creek.
    • Tennessee
      • Union County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Lost Creek [Union County].
      • White County
      • This Lost Creek is located in White County and lies 1,309 miles [2,106.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lost Creek that is located in McCone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Lost Creek.
    • Texas
      • Travis County
      • This Lost Creek is located in Travis County and lies 1,258 miles [2,024.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Lost Creek that is located in McCone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Travis County community of Lost Creek.
    • Washington
      • Pend Oreille County
      • This Lost Creek is located in Pend Oreille County and lies 548 miles [881.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lost Creek that is located in McCone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pend Oreille County community of Lost Creek.
    • West Virginia
      • Harrison County
      • This Lost Creek is located in Harrison County and lies 1,384 miles [2,227.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lost Creek that is located in McCone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Lost Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lost Creek ...

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.

  • Circle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Coal Creek ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Coal Creek is located in McCone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
  • Corral Creek ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Corral Creek is located in Dawson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corral Creek
  • Mink ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Mink is located in Dawson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mink
  • Prairie Elk ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Prairie Elk is located in McCone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Elk
  • Redwater ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Redwater is located in McCone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwater
  • Rodgers Hill
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Rodgers Hill is located in McCone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers Hill
  • Sand Creek ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Sand Creek is located in McCone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek

How Far From Lost Creek to ...

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 community such as Lost Creek 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 community of Lost Creek once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Lost Creek and extending to:

  • Circle, which is the Seat of McCone County, lies just to the South.
  • Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 309 miles [497.3 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Lost Creek to Helena, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,544 miles [2,484.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 61 days and walking would take 88 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,438 miles [10,361 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 7,206 miles [11,596.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,189 miles [8,350.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lost Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Lost Creek 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.
<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 Lost Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Lost Creek 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 Lost Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.5167, Longitude: -105.5839       In this case, the coordinates for Lost Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.457 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.938 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.185 degrees.