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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 Ossette, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ossette 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 Ossette:
- 48.591692, -106.009460
- 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 Ossette
- 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 Daniels County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Daniels County
- Since Ossette is near Valley County and also Roosevelt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Valley County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roosevelt 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 Ossette
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ossette ...
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.
- Bakers ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bakers is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers
- Kansas Flat ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kansas Flat is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas Flat
- Peerless
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Hill is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Volt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Volt is located in Roosevelt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volt
- Wild Rose ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wild Rose is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
How Far From Ossette to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ossette 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 Ossette once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Ossette and extending to:
- Scobey, which is the Seat of Daniels County, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ossette to Scobey, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 312 miles [502.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,580 miles [2,542.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 62 days and walking would take 90 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,386 miles [10,277.3 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 7,155 miles [11,514.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,148 miles [8,284.9 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 Ossette, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Ossette) 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 Ossette 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 Ossette. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.5917, Longitude: -106.0095 In this case, the coordinates for Ossette have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.815 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.459 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.248 degrees. |
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