Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Mar-Le Villa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mar-Le Villa and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Mar-Le Villa

• 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 Mar-Le Villa:
  • 48.181625, -114.292074
  • 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 Mar-Le Villa

• 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 Flathead County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Flathead County
  • Since Mar-Le Villa is near Lake County and also Sanders County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sanders 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 Mar-Le Villa

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mar-Le Villa ...

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.

• Evergreen
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Evergreen is located in Flathead County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evergreen <1>
• Ferndale
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Ferndale is located in Flathead County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
• Halfmoon
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Halfmoon is located in Flathead County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon
• Happy Haven
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Happy Haven is located in Flathead County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Haven
• Idlewise Court
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Idlewise Court is located in Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewise Court
• Jessup
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jessup is located in Flathead County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessup
• Lazy Day Court
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Lazy Day Court is located in Flathead County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Day Court
• Mud Lake ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Mud Lake is located in Flathead County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Lake
• Rose Crossing
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Rose Crossing is located in Flathead County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Crossing
• Round Prairie
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Round Prairie is located in Flathead County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Prairie
• Swan River ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Swan River is located in Flathead County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan River
• Whitefish
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Whitefish is located in Flathead County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitefish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,713 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitefish <1>
• Woods Bay
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Woods Bay is located in Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Bay

How Far From Mar-Le Villa to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Mar-Le Villa to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mar-Le Villa and extending to:

• Kalispell, which is the Seat of Flathead County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Mar-Le Villa to Helena, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,949 miles [3,136.6 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 6,595 miles [10,613.6 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 7,363 miles [11,849.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,414 miles [8,713 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'