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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 Redstone, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Redstone and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Redstone:
    • 48.820846, -104.944968
    • 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 Redstone
  • 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 Sheridan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sheridan County
    • Since Redstone is near Daniels County and also Roosevelt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Daniels 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 Redstone

Communities Also Named Redstone ...

We found nine communities that are also named Redstone.

Within Montana, the name Redstone is unique.

Beyond Montana, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Redstone lies 852 miles [1,371.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Redstone that is located in Sheridan County.
    • Colorado
      • Pitkin County
      • This Redstone is located in Pitkin County and lies 675 miles [1,086.3 km]<1> to the south of the Redstone that is located in Sheridan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitkin County community of Redstone.
    • Michigan
      • Ionia County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Redstone [Ionia County].
      • Midland County
      • This Redstone is located in Midland County and lies 1,042 miles [1,676.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Redstone that is located in Sheridan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Midland County community of Redstone.
    • New Hampshire
      • Carroll County
      • This Redstone is located in Carroll County and lies 1,630 miles [2,623.2 km]<1> to the east of the Redstone that is located in Sheridan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Redstone.
    • New Mexico
      • Grant County
      • This Redstone is located in Grant County and lies 1,109 miles [1,784.8 km]<1> to the south of the Redstone that is located in Sheridan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Redstone.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Beaver County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Redstone [Beaver County].
      • Fayette County
      • This Redstone is located in Fayette County and lies 1,369 miles [2,203.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Redstone that is located in Sheridan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Redstone.
    • Tennessee
      • Sullivan County
      • This Redstone is located in Sullivan County and lies 1,423 miles [2,290.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Redstone that is located in Sheridan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Redstone.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Redstone ...

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.

How Far From Redstone 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 Redstone to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Redstone and extending to:

  • Plentywood, which is the Seat of Sheridan County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Redstone to Plentywood, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 362 miles [582.6 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 1,537 miles [2,473.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 88 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,347 miles [10,214.5 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 7,115 miles [11,450.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,103 miles [8,212.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Redstone) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Redstone could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Redstone 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 Redstone. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.8208, Longitude: -104.9450    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.997 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.549 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.549 degrees.