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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 Mizpah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mizpah 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 Mizpah:
- 46.244724, -105.267480
- 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 Mizpah
- 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 Custer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Custer County
- Since Mizpah is near Prairie County and also Carter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prairie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carter 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 Mizpah
Communities Also Named Mizpah ...
We found seven communities that are also named Mizpah.
Within Montana, the name Mizpah is unique.
Beyond Montana, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Minnesota
- Koochiching County
- This Mizpah is located in Koochiching County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mizpah that is located in Custer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Koochiching County community of Mizpah.
- Nevada
- Elko County
- This Mizpah is located in Elko County and lies 620 miles [997.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Mizpah that is located in Custer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elko County community of Mizpah.
- White Pine County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in White Pine County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the White Pine County community of Mizpah.
- New Jersey
- Atlantic County
- This Mizpah is located in Atlantic County and lies 1,598 miles [2,571.7 km]<1> to the east of the Mizpah that is located in Custer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atlantic County community of Mizpah.
- North Carolina
- Rockingham County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Mizpah [Rockingham County].
- Stokes County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Mizpah [Stokes County].
- Ontario
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Mizpah.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mizpah ...
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.
- Foundation ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Foundation is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundation
- Miles City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
How Far From Mizpah to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Mizpah to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mizpah and extending to:
- Miles City, which is the Seat of Custer County, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mizpah to Miles City, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full 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 322 miles [518.2 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,512 miles [2,433.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 86 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,504 miles [10,467.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,272 miles [11,703.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,243 miles [8,437.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mizpah) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Mizpah, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Mizpah 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Mizpah 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 Mizpah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2447, Longitude: -105.2675 In this case, the coordinates for Mizpah have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.17 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.474 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.218 degrees. |
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