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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 McElroy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McElroy 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 McElroy:
- 48.880305, -104.122160
- 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 McElroy
- 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 Sheridan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sheridan County
- Since McElroy is near Divide County and also Williams County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Divide County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Williams 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 McElroy
Communities Also Named McElroy ...
We found six communities that are also named McElroy.
Within Montana, the name McElroy is unique.
Beyond Montana, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Cross County
- This McElroy is located in Cross County and lies 1,160 miles [1,866.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the McElroy that is located in Sheridan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cross County community of McElroy.
- Georgia
- Bibb 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 Georgia community of McElroy [Bibb County].
- Louisiana
- Ascension Parish
- This McElroy is located in Ascension Parish and lies 1,471 miles [2,367.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the McElroy that is located in Sheridan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ascension Parish community of McElroy.
- Ohio
- Perry 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 Ohio community of McElroy [Perry County].
- Tennessee
- Van Buren County
- This McElroy is located in Van Buren County and lies 1,302 miles [2,095.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the McElroy that is located in Sheridan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of McElroy.
- Texas
- Sabine County
- This McElroy is located in Sabine County and lies 1,330 miles [2,140.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the McElroy that is located in Sheridan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sabine County community of McElroy.
Curious and Interesting Names Near McElroy ...
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.
- Antelope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Comertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Comertown is located in Sheridan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comertown
- Hanks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hanks is located in Williams County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanks
- Outlook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Plentywood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ratcliffe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Raymond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Reserve
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rock Crossing is located in Sheridan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Crossing
- Surprise Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tribune
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribune
How Far From McElroy 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 McElroy to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McElroy and extending to:
- Plentywood, which is the Seat of Sheridan County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from McElroy to Plentywood, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 399 miles [642.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,502 miles [2,417.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 86 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,323 miles [10,175.9 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 7,091 miles [11,411.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,074 miles [8,165.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McElroy) 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 McElroy 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 McElroy 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 McElroy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.8803, Longitude: -104.1222 In this case, the coordinates for McElroy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.365 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.834 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.031 degrees. |
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