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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 Park Dale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Park Dale 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 Park Dale:
- 48.043630, -106.441148
- 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 Park Dale
- 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 Valley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Valley County
- Since Park Dale is near McCone County and also Garfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McCone County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Garfield 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 Park Dale
Curious and Interesting Names Near Park Dale ...
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.
- Cactus Flat ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cactus Flat is located in McCone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus Flat
- Fort Peck
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Free Deal ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Free Deal is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Deal
- Glasgow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Park Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Park Grove is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Grove
- Square Deal ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Square Deal is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Square Deal
- Whately
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Whately is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whately
How Far From Park Dale 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 Park Dale 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 Park Dale once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Park Dale and extending to:
- Glasgow, which is the Seat of Valley County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Park Dale to Glasgow, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 279 miles [449 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,590 miles [2,558.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 63 days and walking would take 91 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,429 miles [10,346.5 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 7,197 miles [11,582.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,189 miles [8,350.9 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 Park Dale, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Park Dale) 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 Park Dale 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 Park Dale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.0436, Longitude: -106.4411 In this case, the coordinates for Park Dale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.135 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.769 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.613 degrees. |
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