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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 Elk, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prairie Elk 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 Elk:
- 47.783344, -105.863065
- 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 Elk
- 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 McCone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McCone County
- Since Prairie Elk is near Valley County and also Roosevelt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Valley 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 Prairie Elk
Curious and Interesting Names Near Prairie Elk ...
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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cactus Flat is located in McCone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus Flat
- Circle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coal Creek ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Coal Creek is located in McCone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
- Lost Creek ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lost Creek is located in McCone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Redwater ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Redwater is located in McCone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwater
- Rodgers Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rodgers Hill is located in McCone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers Hill
- Sand Creek ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Creek is located in McCone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Wolf Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Prairie Elk 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 community such as Prairie Elk 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 Elk once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Prairie Elk and extending to:
- Circle, which is the Seat of McCone County, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Prairie Elk to Circle, with an average speed<4> 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 just over a day.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 300 miles [482.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,560 miles [2,510.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 61 days and walking would take 89 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,430 miles [10,348.1 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 7,198 miles [11,584.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,184 miles [8,342.8 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 Elk, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Prairie Elk) 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 Elk 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 Elk. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.7833, Longitude: -105.8631 In this case, the coordinates for Prairie Elk have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.68 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.221 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.307 degrees. |
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