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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 Maxville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maxville 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 Maxville:
    • 46.464649, -113.234231
    • 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 Maxville
  • 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 Granite County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Granite County
    • Since Maxville is near Powell County and also Deer Lodge County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Powell County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Deer Lodge 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 Maxville

Communities Also Named Maxville ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Maxville.

Within Montana, the name Maxville 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 ...
    • Arkansas
      • Sharp County
      • This Maxville is located in Sharp County and lies 1,330 miles [2,140.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Maxville that is located in Granite County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sharp County community of Maxville.
    • Florida
      • Duval County
      • This Maxville is located in Duval County and lies 2,009 miles [3,233.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Maxville that is located in Granite County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duval County community of Maxville.
    • Indiana
      • Randolph County
      • This Maxville is located in Randolph County and lies 1,469 miles [2,364.1 km]<1> to the east of the Maxville that is located in Granite County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Maxville.
      • Spencer County
      • This Maxville is located in Spencer County and lies 1,462 miles [2,352.9 km] to the east southeast of the Maxville that is located in Granite County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spencer County community of Maxville.
    • Kentucky
      • Boone 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 Kentucky community of Maxville [Boone County].
    • Missouri
      • Jasper County
      • This Maxville is located in Jasper County and lies 1,162 miles [1,870.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Maxville that is located in Granite County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Maxville.
      • Jefferson County
      • This Maxville is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,283 miles [2,064.8 km] to the east southeast of the Maxville that is located in Granite County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Maxville.
    • Ohio
      • Perry County
      • This Maxville is located in Perry County and lies 1,617 miles [2,602.3 km]<1> to the east of the Maxville that is located in Granite County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Maxville.
    • Ontario
      • This Maxville lies 1,828 miles [2,941.9 km]<1> to the east of the Maxville that is located in Granite County.
    • Oregon
      • Wallowa County
      • This Maxville is located in Wallowa County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<1> to the west of the Maxville that is located in Granite County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wallowa County community of Maxville.
    • Wisconsin
      • Buffalo County
      • This Maxville is located in Buffalo County and lies 1,032 miles [1,660.8 km]<1> to the east of the Maxville that is located in Granite County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buffalo County community of Maxville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Maxville ...

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.

  • Clark ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Clark is located in Granite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
  • Corral
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Corral is located in Granite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corral
  • Danielsville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Danielsville is located in Powell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danielsville
  • Echo Lake ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Echo Lake is located in Granite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Lake
  • Goldcreek ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Granite ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Granite is located in Granite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
  • Hall
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Pioneer ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Pioneer is located in Powell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
  • Porters Corner
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Porters Corner is located in Granite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Corner
  • Stone
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Stone is located in Granite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
  • Tungsten
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Tungsten is located in Granite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tungsten

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

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

  • Philipsburg, which is the Seat of Granite County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Maxville to Philipsburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 58 miles [93.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,891 miles [3,043.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 74 days and walking would take 108 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,679 miles [10,748.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,448 miles [11,986.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,477 miles [8,814.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Maxville) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Maxville 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Maxville 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 Maxville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4646, Longitude: -113.2342       In this case, the coordinates for Maxville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.407 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.696 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.038 degrees.