Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Negro Prairie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Negro Prairie and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Negro Prairie
- 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 Negro Prairie:
- 48.120790, -114.017612
- 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 Negro Prairie
- 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 Flathead County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Flathead County
- Since Negro Prairie is near Lake County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- eBird sighting report for Lake 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Negro Prairie ...
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.
- Bear Dance
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Dance
- Bear Dance is located in Lake County
- Evergreen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evergreen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Evergreen is located in Flathead County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evergreen <2>
- Ferndale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Idlewise Court
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Idlewise Court have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewise Court
- Idlewise Court is located in Lake County
- Jessup
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Mud Lake ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Rose Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rose Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Crossing
- Rose Crossing is located in Flathead County
- Swan Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
- Swan Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swan Lake <2>
- Swan River ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swan River have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan River
- Swan River is located in Flathead County
- Woods Bay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
How Far From Negro Prairie 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 Negro Prairie 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<3> community of Negro Prairie once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Negro Prairie and extending to:
- Kalispell, which is the Seat of Flathead County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Negro Prairie to Kalispell, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 141 miles [226.9 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 1,936 miles [3,115.7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,593 miles [10,610.4 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 7,361 miles [11,846.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,410 miles [8,706.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Flathead County: www.co.flathead.mt.us/
The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 Negro Prairie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Negro Prairie) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Negro Prairie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.1208, Longitude: -114.0176 In this case, the coordinates for Negro Prairie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Negro Prairie 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 334.112 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.644 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.33 degrees. |