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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 Scotch Coulee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Scotch Coulee 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 Scotch Coulee:
- 45.163834, -109.213208
- 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 Scotch Coulee
- 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 Carbon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon County
- Since Scotch Coulee is near Park County and also Stillwater County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Park County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stillwater 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 Scotch Coulee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Scotch Coulee ...
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.
- Badger Basin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Badger Basin is located in Park County (WY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger Basin
- Chance
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chance is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chance
- Cherry Springs ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Springs is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Springs
- Clark
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Eagle ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
- Fox ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fox is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Golden ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Golden is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
- Luther
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Luther is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Red Lodge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Scotch Coulee 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 Scotch Coulee 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<2> community of Scotch Coulee once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Scotch Coulee and extending to:
- Red Lodge, which is the Seat of Carbon County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<3> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Scotch Coulee to Helena, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,693 miles [2,724.6 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<5> 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).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,435 miles [11,965.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,425 miles [8,730.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Scotch Coulee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Scotch Coulee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Scotch Coulee 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 Scotch Coulee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1638, Longitude: -109.2132 In this case, the coordinates for Scotch Coulee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.163 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.823 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.738 degrees. |
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