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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 Norwegian Settlement, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Norwegian Settlement 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 Norwegian Settlement:
- 46.108283, -109.975742
- 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 Norwegian Settlement
- 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 Sweet Grass County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sweet Grass County
- Since Norwegian Settlement is near Wheatland County and also Meagher County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wheatland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Meagher 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 Norwegian Settlement
Curious and Interesting Names Near Norwegian Settlement ...
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 Timber
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Greycliff
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Groveland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Groveland is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Hunters Hot Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hunters Hot Springs is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Hot Springs
- Martinsdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sourdough
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sourdough is located in Sweet Grass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sourdough
- Twodot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
How Far From Norwegian Settlement 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 Norwegian Settlement 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<2> community of Norwegian Settlement once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Norwegian Settlement and extending to:
- Big Timber, which is the Seat of Sweet Grass County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Norwegian Settlement to Big Timber, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 102 miles [164.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 1,735 miles [2,792.2 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,628 miles [10,666.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,397 miles [11,904.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,399 miles [8,688.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Norwegian Settlement, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Norwegian Settlement) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Norwegian Settlement 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 Norwegian Settlement. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.1083, Longitude: -109.9757 In this case, the coordinates for Norwegian Settlement have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.811 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.66 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.075 degrees. |
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