Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Rustle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rustle and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Rustle

• 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 Rustle:
  • 47.192476, -109.207672
  • 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 Rustle

• 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 Fergus County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fergus County
  • Since Rustle is near Petroleum County and also Judith Basin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Petroleum County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Judith Basin 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 Rustle

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rustle ...

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.

• Box Springs ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Box Springs is located in Fergus County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Springs
• Canyon ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Canyon is located in Fergus County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
• Giltedge ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Giltedge is located in Fergus County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giltedge
• Maiden
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Maiden is located in Fergus County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden
• Nelson ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Nelson is located in Fergus County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
• New Year
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • New Year is located in Fergus County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Year
• Piper
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Piper is located in Fergus County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
• Roy Junction
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Roy Junction is located in Fergus County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy Junction
• Ruby Gulch ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Ruby Gulch is located in Fergus County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby Gulch

How Far From Rustle 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 Rustle 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<1> community of Rustle once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rustle and extending to:

• Lewistown, which is the Seat of Fergus County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rustle to Lewistown, with an average speed<3> 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 four to five hours.
• Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 139 miles [223.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,707 miles [2,747.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 67 days and walking would take 97 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,545 miles [10,533.2 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 7,314 miles [11,770.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,318 miles [8,558.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'