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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 Seventynine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Seventynine 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 Seventynine:
- 46.148563, -109.290451
- 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 Seventynine
- 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 Golden Valley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Golden Valley County
- Since Seventynine is near Stillwater County and also Wheatland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stillwater County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wheatland 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 Seventynine
Curious and Interesting Names Near Seventynine ...
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.
- Barber
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Barber is located in Golden Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Comanche
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Comanche is located in Yellowstone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche
- Dodgetown ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dodgetown is located in Golden Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgetown
- Franklin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Franklin is located in Golden Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Hedgesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hedgesville is located in Wheatland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgesville
- Molt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sourdough
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sourdough is located in Sweet Grass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sourdough
How Far From Seventynine 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 Seventynine 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 Seventynine once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Seventynine and extending to:
- Ryegate, which is the Seat of Golden Valley County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Seventynine to Ryegate, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 133 miles [214 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,702 miles [2,739.1 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 6,610 miles [10,637.8 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 7,378 miles [11,873.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,376 miles [8,651.8 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 Seventynine, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Seventynine) 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 Seventynine 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 Seventynine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.1486, Longitude: -109.2905 In this case, the coordinates for Seventynine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.276 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.046 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.652 degrees. |
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