Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Minneota, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Minneota and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Minneota
- 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 Minneota:
- 48.885557, -110.664126
- 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 Minneota
- 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 Hill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hill County
- Since Minneota is near Liberty County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- eBird sighting report for Liberty 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Minneota ...
We found one communities that share the name Minneota.
Within Montana, the name Minneota is unique.
Beyond Montana, there is another community also named Minneota in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Minneota ...
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.
- Chester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chester have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Chester is located in Liberty County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 870 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <3>
- Fox Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fox Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Crossing
- Fox Crossing is located in Hill County
- Goldstone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west) - Onefour
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Onefour came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onefour
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Onefour <3>
- Wild Horse
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Horse
How Far From Minneota 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 Minneota to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<5> community of Minneota once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Minneota and extending to:
- Havre, which is the Seat of Hill County, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Minneota to Havre, with an average speed<6> 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 most of two days.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 170 miles [273.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,791 miles [2,882.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 70 days and walking would take 102 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,476 miles [10,422.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,245 miles [11,659.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,272 miles [8,484.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Hill County: www.co.hill.mt.us/
The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Minneota) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Minneota. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.8856, Longitude: -110.6641 In this case, the coordinates for Minneota have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <5> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Minneota, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Minneota to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.468 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.67 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.099 degrees. |