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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 Nagos, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nagos 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 Nagos:
- 46.991590, -114.112891
- 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 Nagos
- 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 Missoula County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Missoula County
- Since Nagos is near Lake County and also Mineral County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mineral 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 Nagos
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nagos ...
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.
- Carols Court
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carols Court is located in Missoula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carols Court
- Frenchtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Grass Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Grass Valley is located in Missoula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Valley
- Hell Gate ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hell Gate is located in Missoula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell Gate
- Milltown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Orchard Homes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Orchard Homes is located in Missoula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Homes
- Six Mile ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Six Mile is located in Missoula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile
- Stovepipe ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stovepipe is located in Missoula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovepipe
How Far From Nagos 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 Nagos to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Nagos and extending to:
- Missoula, which is the Seat of Missoula County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Nagos to Missoula, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 102 miles [164.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,935 miles [3,114.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 76 days and walking would take 110 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,665 miles [10,726.3 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 7,433 miles [11,962.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,474 miles [8,809.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Nagos) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Nagos 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 Nagos. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.9916, Longitude: -114.1129 In this case, the coordinates for Nagos have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.137 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.583 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.527 degrees. |
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