Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in McGillvary, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McGillvary and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for McGillvary

• 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 McGillvary:
  • 46.660767, -112.594477
  • 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 McGillvary

• 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 Powell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Powell County
  • Since McGillvary is near Lewis and Clark County and also Granite County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis and Clark County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Granite 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 McGillvary

Curious and Interesting Names Near McGillvary ...

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.

• Bald Butte
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Bald Butte is located in Lewis and Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Butte
• Blackfoot City ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Blackfoot City is located in Powell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot City
• Ferris ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Ferris is located in Lewis and Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
• Frontier Town
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Frontier Town is located in Lewis and Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Town
• Goldcreek ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Goldcreek is located in Powell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldcreek
  • Goldcreek has also been known as:
  • Gold Creek
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goldcreek <1>
• Marysville ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Marysville is located in Lewis and Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marysville <1>
• Phosphate
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Phosphate is located in Powell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phosphate
• Quigley
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Quigley is located in Powell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quigley
• Sharkeyville ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Sharkeyville is located in Powell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharkeyville
• Skyline
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Skyline is located in Lewis and Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
• Weed
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Weed is located in Lewis and Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed

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

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

• Deer Lodge, which is the Seat of Powell County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from McGillvary to Deer Lodge, with an average speed<3> 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 6 hours.
• Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 27 miles [43.5 km] to the east (E). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,862 miles [2,996.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 106 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,653 miles [10,707 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 7,422 miles [11,944.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,448 miles [8,767.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'