Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Purewater, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Purewater and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Purewater
- 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 Purewater:
- 47.222220, -106.233921
- 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 Purewater
- 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 Garfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Garfield County
- Since Purewater is near McCone County and also Prairie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for McCone County
- eBird sighting report for Prairie 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
Communities Also Named Purewater ...
We found one communities that share the name Purewater.
Within Montana, the name Purewater is unique.
Beyond Montana, there is another community also named Purewater in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- South Dakota
- Purewater #
- This community is historichttp://www.waymarking.com/wm/search.aspx?f=1&lat=47.222220&lon=-106.233921&t=6 and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Purewater.
- South Dakota
Curious and Interesting Names Near Purewater ...
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.
- Allen ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Coal Creek ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coal Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
- Coal Creek is located in McCone County
- Crow Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south) - Freedom ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west) - Hillside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Hillside is located in Garfield County
- Paris ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Rock Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Rock Springs is located in Rosebud County
- Rodgers Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rodgers Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers Hill
- Rodgers Hill is located in McCone County
How Far From Purewater 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 Purewater 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 Purewater once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Purewater and extending to:
- Jordan, which is the Seat of Garfield County, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<3> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Purewater to Jordan, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two 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 276 miles [444.2 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,569 miles [2,525.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 62 days and walking would take 90 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,472 miles [10,415.7 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 7,240 miles [11,651.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,224 miles [8,407.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
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> | 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 Purewater, 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- Purewater) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Purewater. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.2222, Longitude: -106.2339 In this case, the coordinates for Purewater have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Purewater to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.949 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.471 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.631 degrees. |