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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 Seven Mile, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Seven Mile and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Seven Mile:
    • 46.633269, -112.084168
    • 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 Seven Mile
  • 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 Lewis and Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis and Clark County
    • Since Seven Mile is near Jefferson County and also Powell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Powell 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 Seven Mile

Communities Also Named Seven Mile ...

We found four communities that are also named Seven Mile.

Within Montana, the name Seven Mile is unique.

Beyond Montana, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Knox County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Seven Mile [Knox County].
    • Ohio
      • Butler County
      • This Seven Mile is located in Butler County and lies 1,465 miles [2,357.7 km]<2> to the east of the Seven Mile that is located in Lewis and Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Seven Mile.
    • Utah
      • Grand County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Seven Mile [Grand County].
    • Washington
      • Spokane County
      • This Seven Mile is located in Spokane County and lies 265 miles [426.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Seven Mile that is located in Lewis and Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spokane County community of Seven Mile.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Seven Mile ...

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.

  • Birdseye
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Birdseye is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
  • Blue Cloud ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Blue Cloud is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Cloud
  • Four Range
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Four Range is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Range
  • Gearing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Gearing is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gearing
  • Helena
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Helena is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,737 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helena <3>
  • Iron
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Iron is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron
  • Park City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Park City is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
  • Silver City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Silver City is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
  • Skyline
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Skyline is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
  • Unionville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Unionville is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
  • Weed
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Weed is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed

How Far From Seven Mile 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 Seven Mile 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<4> community of Seven Mile once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Seven Mile and extending to:

  • Helena, which is the Seat of Lewis and Clark County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies just to the southeast (SE).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,838 miles [2,958 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Seven Mile to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 105 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 72 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,644 miles [10,692.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,413 miles [11,930.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,434 miles [8,745.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Seven Mile could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Seven Mile) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 Seven Mile, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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.
<6>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 Seven Mile 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 Seven Mile. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.6333, Longitude: -112.0842       In this case, the coordinates for Seven Mile have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.501 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.661 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.303 degrees.