Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Prison Farm, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prison Farm and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Prison Farm
- 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 Prison Farm:
- 46.384650, -112.731983
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Prison Farm
- 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 Powell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Powell County
- Since Prison Farm is near Deer Lodge County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Deer Lodge County
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Prison Farm ...
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.
- Champion ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Danielsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danielsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danielsville
- Danielsville is located in Powell County
- Deer Lodge
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Lodge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Deer Lodge is located in Powell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deer Lodge <2>
- Leadville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Phosphate
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Pioneer ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Racetrack
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Warm Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Springs
- Warm Springs is located in Deer Lodge County
How Far From Prison Farm to ...
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 Prison Farm to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Prison Farm and extending to:
- Deer Lodge, which is the Seat of Powell County, lies just to the North.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<4> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Prison Farm to Helena, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,867 miles [3,004.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take three full days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 106 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,673 miles [10,739.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,442 miles [11,976.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,467 miles [8,798.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Prison Farm. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | 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- Prison Farm) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prison Farm. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.3847, Longitude: -112.7320 In this case, the coordinates for Prison Farm have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Prison Farm to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.003 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.221 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.735 degrees. |