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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 Rieder, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rieder 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 Rieder:
- 46.267706, -112.099444
- 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 Rieder
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Rieder is near Lewis and Clark County and also Broadwater County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis and Clark County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Broadwater 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 Rieder
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rieder ...
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.
- Amazon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Amazon is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazon
- Basin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Blazing Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blazing Place is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blazing Place
- Boulder
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Comet ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Comet is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Comet has also been known as:
- High Ore
- Elkhorn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Elkhorn is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Fuller
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fuller is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Portal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Portal is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portal
- Queen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Queen is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen
How Far From Rieder 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 Rieder to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rieder and extending to:
- Boulder, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Rieder to Helena, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,837 miles [2,956.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 105 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,667 miles [10,729.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,436 miles [11,967.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,455 miles [8,779 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rieder) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Rieder 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 Rieder. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2677, Longitude: -112.0994 In this case, the coordinates for Rieder have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.494 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.622 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.357 degrees. |
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