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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 Plentywood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Plentywood 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 Plentywood:
- 48.775041, -104.556400
- 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 Plentywood
- 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 Sheridan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sheridan County
- Since Plentywood is near Daniels County and also Roosevelt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Daniels 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 Plentywood
Curious and Interesting Names Near Plentywood ...
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.
- Antelope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Archer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Archer is located in Sheridan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
- Comertown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Comertown is located in Sheridan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comertown
- Medicine Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Outlook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Raymond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Redstone
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Reserve
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
How Far From Plentywood to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Plentywood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Plentywood and extending to:
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 378 miles [608.3 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Plentywood to Helena, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 22 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,519 miles [2,444.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 87 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,340 miles [10,203.2 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 7,108 miles [11,439.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,093 miles [8,196.4 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Plentywood) 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 Plentywood 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 Plentywood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.7750, Longitude: -104.5564 In this case, the coordinates for Plentywood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.697 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.202 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.319 degrees. |
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