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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 Saint Xavier, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Xavier 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 Saint Xavier:
- 45.461218, -107.721694
- 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 Saint Xavier
- 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 Big Horn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Big Horn County
- Since Saint Xavier is near Yellowstone County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yellowstone 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 Saint Xavier
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Xavier ...
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.
- Dunmore
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Dunmore is located in Big Horn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunmore
- Forty Mile Colony
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Forty Mile Colony is located in Big Horn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forty Mile Colony
- Garryowen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lodge Grass
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Retreat Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Retreat Crossing is located in Big Horn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat Crossing
- Soda Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Soda Springs is located in Yellowstone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
- Spear
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Spear is located in Big Horn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spear
How Far From Saint Xavier 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 Saint Xavier to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Saint Xavier and extending to:
- Hardin, which is the Seat of Big Horn County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Saint Xavier to Hardin, 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 6 hours.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 220 miles [354.1 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,623 miles [2,612 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 64 days and walking would take 93 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,612 miles [10,641 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 7,381 miles [11,878.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,362 miles [8,629.3 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Saint Xavier) 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 Saint Xavier 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 Saint Xavier. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4612, Longitude: -107.7217 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.021 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.53 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.804 degrees. |
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