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 Powderville:
45.759114, -105.116126
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 Powderville
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 Powder River County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found one communities that are also named Powderville.
Within Montana, the name Powderville is unique.
Beyond Montana, there is another community also named Powderville in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
South Carolina
Anderson County
This Powderville is located in Anderson County and lies 1,404 miles [2,259.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Powderville that is located in Powder River County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Powderville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Powderville ...
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.
Beaver Flats ‑ Historic (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
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 Powderville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Powderville and extending to:
Broadus, which is the Seat of Powder River County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Powderville to Broadus, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 334 miles [537.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 19 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,500 miles [2,414 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 86 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,528 miles [10,505.8 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 7,296 miles [11,741.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,263 miles [8,470 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Powderville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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 Powderville 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 Powderville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7591, Longitude: -105.1161
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.034 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.266 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.21 degrees.