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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 Mine Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mine Creek 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 Mine Creek:
    • 46.105293, -112.883613
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Mine Creek
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Mine Creek ...

We found two communities that share the name Mine Creek.

Within Montana, the name Mine Creek is unique.

Beyond Montana, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Mine Creek #
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mine Creek.
    • South Carolina
      • Edgefield County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Mine Creek [Edgefield County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mine Creek ...

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.

  • Crackerville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crackerville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crackerville
    • Crackerville is located in Deer Lodge County
  • French Gulch ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for French Gulch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Gulch
    • French Gulch is located in Deer Lodge County
  • French Town
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for French Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Town
    • French Town is located in Deer Lodge County
  • Lost Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lost Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
    • Lost Creek is located in Deer Lodge County
  • Miles Crossing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miles Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Crossing
    • Miles Crossing is located in Silver Bow County
  • Opportunity
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Opportunity have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opportunity
    • Opportunity is located in Deer Lodge County
  • Racetrack
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Racetrack have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racetrack
    • Racetrack is located in Powell County
  • Stump Town
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stump Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stump Town
    • Stump Town is located in Deer Lodge County
  • Sunnyside
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Warm Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Mine Creek and extending to:

  • Anaconda, which is the Seat of Deer Lodge County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<3> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Mine Creek to Helena, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,874 miles [3,015.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 6,694 miles [10,772.9 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 7,463 miles [12,010.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,487 miles [8,830.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mine Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mine Creek 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.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mine Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mine Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.1053, Longitude: -112.8836       In this case, the coordinates for Mine Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Mine Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.108 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.321 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.861 degrees.




 

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