Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in McLeod, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McLeod and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for McLeod
- 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 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on McLeod
- 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 Sweet Grass County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Sweet Grass County
- Since McLeod is near Park County and also Stillwater County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Park County
- eBird sighting report for Stillwater 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named McLeod ...
We found seven communities that share the name McLeod.
There is one other community in Montana which is also named McLeod.
Beyond Montana, we know of another six communities that are located throughout 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 ...
- 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
- Mississippi
- North Dakota
- Oregon
- Texas
- British Columbia
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.
- Big Timber
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Timber
- Big Timber is located in Sweet Grass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,688 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Timber <3>
- Contact
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Elton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Greycliff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greycliff
- Greycliff is located in Sweet Grass County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greycliff <3>
- Hunters Hot Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunters Hot Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Hot Springs
- Hunters Hot Springs is located in Park County
- Limestone
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Mountain View
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Mountain View is located in Stillwater County
- Sourdough
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sourdough
- Sourdough is located in Sweet Grass County
- Woods Place
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Place
- Woods Place is located in Park County
How Far From McLeod 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 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<5> 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<6> 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).<7>
- 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).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,427 miles [8,733.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for McLeod. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/
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 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 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McLeod) to Point B.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 |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.897 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.72 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.219 degrees. |