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 Miles Crossing:
46.012425, -112.726143
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 Miles Crossing
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 Silver Bow County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that are also named Miles Crossing.
There is one other community in Montana that is also named Miles Crossing.
Beyond Montana, there is another community also named Miles Crossing in the United States.
Communities Located In Montana ...
Valley County
This Miles Crossing is located in Valley County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Miles Crossing that is located in Silver Bow County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Valley County community of Miles Crossing.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Oregon
Clatsop County
This Miles Crossing is located in Clatsop County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km]<1> to the west of the Miles Crossing that is located in Silver Bow County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clatsop County community of Miles Crossing.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Miles Crossing ...
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.
Butchertown ‑ Historic (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
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 Miles Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Miles Crossing and extending to:
Butte, which is the Seat of Silver Bow County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Miles Crossing to Butte, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 52 miles [83.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,866 miles [3,003 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 106 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,696 miles [10,776.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,465 miles [12,013.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,487 miles [8,830.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Miles Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Miles Crossing 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 Miles Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.0124, Longitude: -112.7261 In this case, the coordinates for Miles Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.978 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.162 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.775 degrees.