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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 Niarada, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Niarada 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 Niarada:
- 47.814108, -114.604574
- 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 Niarada
- 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 Sanders County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sanders County
- Since Niarada is near Flathead County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Flathead County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Niarada
Curious and Interesting Names Near Niarada ...
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.
- Big Arm
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Elmo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hog Heaven ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hog Heaven is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Heaven
- Hot Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lake Mary Ronan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Mary Ronan is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mary Ronan
- Lonepine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pine Prairie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pine Prairie is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Prairie
- Spring Valley ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
How Far From Niarada 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 Niarada to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Niarada and extending to:
- Thompson Falls, which is the Seat of Sanders County, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Niarada to Thompson Falls, 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 147 miles [236.6 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 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,961 miles [3,155.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 77 days and walking would take 112 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,624 miles [10,660.3 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 7,392 miles [11,896.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,443 miles [8,759.7 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Niarada) 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 Niarada 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 Niarada. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.8141, Longitude: -114.6046 In this case, the coordinates for Niarada have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.57 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.149 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.741 degrees. |
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