Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 McNamara:
  • 46.911318, -113.677594
  • 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 McNamara

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

Curious and Interesting Names Near McNamara ...

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.

• Beartown ‑ Historic
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Beartown is located in Granite County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
• Carols Court
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Carols Court is located in Missoula County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carols Court
• Clearwater
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Clearwater is located in Missoula County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
• Copper Cliff ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Copper Cliff is located in Missoula County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Cliff
• Iris
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Iris is located in Missoula County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iris
• Milltown
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Milltown is located in Missoula County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milltown <1>
• Nimrod
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Nimrod is located in Granite County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimrod
• Orchard Homes
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Orchard Homes is located in Missoula County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Homes
• Stump Town ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Stump Town is located in Granite County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stump Town
• Sunset
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Sunset is located in Missoula County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
• Twin Creeks
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Twin Creeks is located in Missoula County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creeks

How Far From McNamara to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as McNamara to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Missoula, which is the Seat of Missoula County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from McNamara to Missoula, with an average speed<3> 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 81 miles [130.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,914 miles [3,080.3 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 6,661 miles [10,719.8 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 7,429 miles [11,955.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,466 miles [8,796.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'