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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 McLeod:
45.662579, -110.11628
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.
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The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Sweet Grass County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found seven communities that are also named McLeod.
There is one other community in Montana that is also named McLeod.
Beyond Montana, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In Montana ...
Missoula County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of McLeod [Missoula County].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
British Columbia
This McLeod lies 1,010 miles [1,625.4 km]<2> to the northwest of the McLeod that is located in Sweet Grass County.
Louisiana
Lafourche Parish
This McLeod is located in Lafourche Parish and lies 1,531 miles [2,463.9 km]<2> to the southeast of the McLeod that is located in Sweet Grass County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafourche Parish community of McLeod.
Mississippi
Noxubee County
This McLeod is located in Noxubee County and lies 1,437 miles [2,312.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the McLeod that is located in Sweet Grass County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noxubee County community of McLeod.
North Dakota
Ransom County
This McLeod is located in Ransom County and lies 615 miles [989.7 km]<2> to the east of the McLeod that is located in Sweet Grass County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ransom County community of McLeod.
Oregon
Jackson County
This McLeod is located in Jackson County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the McLeod that is located in Sweet Grass County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of McLeod.
Texas
Cass County
This McLeod is located in Cass County and lies 1,222 miles [1,966.6 km]<2> to the southeast of the McLeod that is located in Sweet Grass County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of McLeod.
Curious and Interesting Names Near McLeod ...
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.
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 McLeod to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McLeod and extending to:
Big Timber, which is the Seat of Sweet Grass County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from McLeod to Big Timber, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 111 miles [178.6 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,739 miles [2,798.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 68 days and walking would take 99 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,658 miles [10,715 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 7,427 miles [11,952.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,427 miles [8,733.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 McLeod 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.
<2>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- McLeod) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 McLeod 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 McLeod. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6626, Longitude: -110.1163
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.897 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.72 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.219 degrees.