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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 Miller Colony, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Miller Colony 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 Miller Colony:
- 47.926343, -112.290027
- 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 Miller Colony
- 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 Teton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Teton County
- Since Miller Colony is near Pondera County and also Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark 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 Miller Colony
Curious and Interesting Names Near Miller Colony ...
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.
- Blackleaf
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Blackleaf is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackleaf
- Brady
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Golden Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Golden Ridge is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Ridge
- Greenfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greenfield is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Liberty Center ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Liberty Center is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Center
- Pierce Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pierce Crossing is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Crossing
- Split Rock Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Split Rock Junction is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock Junction
How Far From Miller Colony 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 Miller Colony to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Miller Colony and extending to:
- Choteau, which is the Seat of Teton County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Miller Colony to Choteau, with an average speed<3> 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 93 miles [149.7 km] to the south (S). 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,855 miles [2,985.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 106 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,569 miles [10,571.8 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 7,338 miles [11,809.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,371 miles [8,643.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Miller Colony) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Miller Colony 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 Miller Colony. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.9263, Longitude: -112.2900 In this case, the coordinates for Miller Colony have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.724 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.029 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.263 degrees. |
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