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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 Pleasant Valley Colony, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pleasant Valley Colony 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 Pleasant Valley Colony:
- 47.356907, -111.084129
- 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 Pleasant Valley Colony
- 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 Cascade County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cascade County
- Since Pleasant Valley Colony is near Chouteau County and also Judith Basin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chouteau County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Judith Basin 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 Pleasant Valley Colony
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pleasant Valley Colony ...
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.
- Belt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Big Stone Colony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Big Stone Colony is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Stone Colony
- Box Elder ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Box Elder is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Elder
- Cooper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cooper is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Donovan Park ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Donovan Park is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donovan Park
- Eden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eden is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Evans
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Evans is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Fields
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fields is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Riceville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Riceville is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Three Forks
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Three Forks is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
How Far From Pleasant Valley Colony 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 Pleasant Valley Colony to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pleasant Valley Colony and extending to:
- Great Falls, which is the Seat of Cascade County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pleasant Valley Colony to Great Falls, with an average speed<3> 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 68 miles [109.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,795 miles [2,888.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 102 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,578 miles [10,586.3 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 7,347 miles [11,823.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,366 miles [8,635.7 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 '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- Pleasant Valley Colony) 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 Pleasant Valley Colony 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 Pleasant Valley Colony. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.3569, Longitude: -111.0841 In this case, the coordinates for Pleasant Valley Colony have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.743 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.849 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.587 degrees. |
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