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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 Seeley Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Seeley Lake 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 Seeley Lake:
- 47.175471, -113.478343
- 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 Seeley Lake
- 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 Missoula County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Missoula County
- Since Seeley Lake is near Powell County and also Granite County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Powell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Granite 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 Seeley Lake
Curious and Interesting Names Near Seeley Lake ...
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.
- Beartown ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Carols Court
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Carols Court is located in Missoula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carols Court
- Clearwater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Clearwater is located in Missoula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
- Copper Cliff ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Copper Cliff is located in Missoula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Cliff
- Milltown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Springtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Springtown is located in Granite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
- Stump Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Stump Town is located in Granite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stump Town
- Sunset
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sunset is located in Missoula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Twin Creeks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Creeks is located in Missoula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creeks
How Far From Seeley Lake 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 Seeley Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Seeley Lake and extending to:
- Missoula, which is the Seat of Missoula County, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Seeley Lake to Missoula, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 79 miles [127.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,906 miles [3,067.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 75 days and walking would take 109 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,640 miles [10,686 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 7,409 miles [11,923.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,446 miles [8,764.5 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 from Point A (ie- Seeley Lake) 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 Seeley Lake 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 Seeley Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.1755, Longitude: -113.4783 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.638 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.021 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.106 degrees. |
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