Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mobridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mobridge and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mobridge
- 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 Mobridge:
- 47.619434, -108.680707
- 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 Mobridge
- 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 Fergus County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Fergus County
- Since Mobridge is near Phillips County and also Blaine County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Phillips County
- eBird sighting report for Blaine 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 Mobridge ...
We found one communities that share the name Mobridge.
Within Montana, the name Mobridge is unique.
Beyond Montana, there is another community also named Mobridge in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mobridge ...
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.
- Box Elder ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Cow Island ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cow Island have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Island
- Cow Island is located in Blaine County
- Hays
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Hays is located in Blaine County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hays <3>
- Little Crooked ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Crooked have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Crooked
- Little Crooked is located in Fergus County
- Power Plant ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Power Plant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power Plant
- Power Plant is located in Blaine County
- Rocky Point ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Rocky Point is located in Fergus County
- Valentine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast) - Woodhawk ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west) - Woods Place
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods Place have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Place
- Woods Place is located in Petroleum County
How Far From Mobridge 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 Mobridge 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<4> community of Mobridge once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Mobridge and extending to:
- Lewistown, which is the Seat of Fergus County, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mobridge to Lewistown, with an average speed<5> 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.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 172 miles [276.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 1,687 miles [2,715 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 66 days and walking would take 96 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,507 miles [10,472 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 7,276 miles [11,709.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,280 miles [8,497.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Fergus County: www.co.fergus.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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mobridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mobridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.6194, Longitude: -108.6807 In this case, the coordinates for Mobridge 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> | 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 Mobridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Mobridge to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.864 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.71 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.061 degrees. |