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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 Scobey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Scobey 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 Scobey:
    • 48.790490, -105.420041
    • 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 Scobey
  • 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 Daniels County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Daniels County
    • Since Scobey is near Roosevelt County and also Sheridan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Roosevelt County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sheridan 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 Scobey

Communities Also Named Scobey ...

We found one communities that are also named Scobey.

Within Montana, the name Scobey is unique.

Beyond Montana, there is another community also named Scobey in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Mississippi
      • Yalobusha County
      • This Scobey is located in Yalobusha County and lies 1,298 miles [2,088.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Scobey that is located in Daniels County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yalobusha County community of Scobey.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Scobey ...

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 Scobey 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 city such as Scobey to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 342 miles [550.4 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Scobey to Helena, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 20 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 14 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,557 miles [2,505.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 61 days and walking would take 89 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,360 miles [10,235.4 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 7,129 miles [11,473 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,119 miles [8,238.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Scobey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Scobey 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 Scobey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.7905, Longitude: -105.4200    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.363 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.964 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.847 degrees.