Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Mouat, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mouat and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Mouat

• 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 Mouat:
  • 45.349940, -109.917403
  • 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 Mouat

• 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 Stillwater County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Stillwater County
  • Since Mouat is near Carbon County and also Park County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Park 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 Mouat

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mouat ...

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.

• Alpine
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Alpine is located in Carbon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
• Beehive
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Beehive is located in Stillwater County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beehive
• Contact
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Contact is located in Park County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contact
• Dean
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Dean is located in Stillwater County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
• George Place ‑ Historic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • George Place is located in Carbon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George Place
• Independence ‑ Historic
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Independence is located in Park County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
• Lazy Day ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Lazy Day is located in Park County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Day
• Limestone
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Limestone is located in Stillwater County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
• Mountain View
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Mountain View is located in Stillwater County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View

How Far From Mouat 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 Mouat 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<1> community of Mouat once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mouat and extending to:

• Columbus, which is the Seat of Stillwater County, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mouat to Columbus, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
• Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 132 miles [212.4 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,728 miles [2,780.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 68 days and walking would take 99 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,673 miles [10,739.2 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 7,441 miles [11,975.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,437 miles [8,750 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'