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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 Meriwether, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Meriwether and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Meriwether:
    • 48.606367, -112.760906
    • 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 Meriwether
  • 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 Glacier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Glacier County
    • Since Meriwether is near Pondera County and also Toole County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pondera County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Toole 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 Meriwether

Communities Also Named Meriwether ...

We found three communities that are also named Meriwether.

Within Montana, the name Meriwether is unique.

Beyond Montana, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Baldwin County
      • This Meriwether is located in Baldwin County and lies 1,852 miles [2,980.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Meriwether that is located in Glacier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baldwin County community of Meriwether.
    • South Carolina
      • Edgefield 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 South Carolina community of Meriwether [Edgefield County].
      • McCormick County
      • This Meriwether is located in McCormick County and lies 1,877 miles [3,020.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Meriwether that is located in Glacier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCormick County community of Meriwether.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Meriwether ...

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.

  • Blackfoot
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Blackfoot is located in Glacier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot
  • Cut Bank
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Edwards Crossing
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Edwards Crossing is located in Pondera County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossing
  • Family ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Family is located in Glacier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Family
  • Gunsight
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Gunsight is located in Glacier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunsight
  • Pierce Crossing
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pierce Crossing is located in Pondera County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Crossing
  • Shields Crossing
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Shields Crossing is located in Pondera County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields Crossing
  • Star
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Star is located in Glacier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
  • Sundance
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Sundance is located in Glacier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Meriwether and extending to:

  • Cut Bank, which is the Seat of Glacier County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Meriwether to Cut Bank, 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 6 hours.
  • Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 143 miles [230.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,883 miles [3,030.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 74 days and walking would take 107 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,537 miles [10,520.3 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 7,306 miles [11,757.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,348 miles [8,606.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Meriwether) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Meriwether 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 Meriwether 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 Meriwether. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.6064, Longitude: -112.7609       In this case, the coordinates for Meriwether have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.126 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.549 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.468 degrees.