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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 McCarthyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McCarthyville 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 McCarthyville:
    • 48.271127, -113.438741
    • 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 McCarthyville
  • 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 McCarthyville is near Glacier County and also Pondera County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Glacier County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pondera 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 McCarthyville

Curious and Interesting Names Near McCarthyville ...

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.

  • Bison
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bison is located in Glacier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bison
  • Blacktail
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Blacktail is located in Flathead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacktail
  • False Summit
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • False Summit is located in Glacier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for False Summit
  • Nimrod
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Nimrod is located in Flathead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimrod
  • Pinnacle
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pinnacle is located in Flathead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle
  • Singleshot
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Singleshot is located in Flathead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singleshot
  • Snowslip
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Snowslip is located in Flathead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowslip
  • Three Forks
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Three Forks is located in Flathead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks

How Far From McCarthyville 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 McCarthyville 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<1> community of McCarthyville once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McCarthyville and extending to:

  • Kalispell, which is the Seat of Flathead County, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from McCarthyville to Kalispell, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 133 miles [214 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,911 miles [3,075.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 75 days and walking would take 109 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,572 miles [10,576.6 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 7,340 miles [11,812.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,385 miles [8,666.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 McCarthyville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- McCarthyville) 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 McCarthyville 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 McCarthyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.2711, Longitude: -113.4387       In this case, the coordinates for McCarthyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.655 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.129 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.943 degrees.