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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 Miles Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Miles Crossing and the surrounding area.
- 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 Miles Crossing:
- 48.481674, -107.151739
- 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 Valley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Valley County
- Since Miles Crossing is near Phillips County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Phillips 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 Miles Crossing
Communities Also Named Miles Crossing ...
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 ...
- Silver Bow County
- This Miles Crossing is located in Silver Bow County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Miles Crossing that is located in Valley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Silver Bow County community of Miles Crossing.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Oregon
- Clatsop County
- This Miles Crossing is located in Clatsop County and lies 795 miles [1,279.4 km]<1> to the west of the Miles Crossing that is located in Valley 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.
- Bone Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bone Crossing is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone Crossing
- Cree Crossing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cree Crossing is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cree Crossing
- Glasgow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jordan Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jordan Crossing is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Crossing
- Kansas Flat ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kansas Flat is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas Flat
- Paisley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Paisley is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paisley
- Rose Hill ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Sleeping Buffalo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sleeping Buffalo is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleeping Buffalo
- Valleytown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Valleytown is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleytown
How Far From Miles Crossing to ...
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 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:
- Glasgow, which is the Seat of Valley County, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Miles Crossing to Glasgow, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 261 miles [420 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,629 miles [2,621.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 64 days and walking would take 93 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,420 miles [10,332 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 7,189 miles [11,569.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,188 miles [8,349.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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: 48.4817, Longitude: -107.1517 In this case, the coordinates for Miles Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.699 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.459 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.973 degrees. |
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