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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 Prairie Dale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prairie 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 Prairie Dale:
- 45.697218, -104.503285
- 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 Prairie 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 Carter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carter County
- Since Prairie Dale is near Fallon County and also Harding County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fallon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harding 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 Prairie Dale
Curious and Interesting Names Near Prairie 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.
- Beaver Flats ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Flats is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Flats
- Belltower
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Belltower is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltower
- Camp Crook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Capitol
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Knobs ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Knobs is located in Fallon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobs
- Mill Iron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Iron is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Iron
- Powderville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
How Far From Prairie 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 Prairie 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 Prairie Dale once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Prairie Dale and extending to:
- Ekalaka, which is the Seat of Carter County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Prairie Dale to Ekalaka, 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 364 miles [585.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,470 miles [2,365.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 58 days and walking would take 84 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,516 miles [10,486.5 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 7,283 miles [11,720.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,246 miles [8,442.6 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 Prairie 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Prairie 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 Prairie 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 Prairie Dale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6972, Longitude: -104.5033 In this case, the coordinates for Prairie Dale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.565 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.719 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.859 degrees. |
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