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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 Skyline, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Skyline 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 Skyline:
- 46.651046, -112.285292
- 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 Skyline
- 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 Skyline is near Powell County and also Jefferson 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 Jefferson 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 Skyline
Communities Also Named Skyline ...
We found fourteen communities that are also named Skyline.
Within Montana, the name Skyline is unique.
Beyond Montana, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jackson County
- This Skyline is located in Jackson County and lies 1,583 miles [2,547.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Skyline that is located in Lewis and Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Skyline.
- Colorado
- Arapahoe County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Skyline [Arapahoe County].
- El Paso County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Skyline [El Paso County].
- Georgia
- Newton County
- This Skyline is located in Newton County and lies 1,741 miles [2,801.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Skyline that is located in Lewis and Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Skyline.
- Idaho
- Bonneville County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Skyline [Bonneville County].
- Kentucky
- Letcher County
- This Skyline is located in Letcher County and lies 1,633 miles [2,628.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Skyline that is located in Lewis and Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Letcher County community of Skyline.
- Maryland
- Prince George's County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Skyline [Prince George's County].
- Minnesota
- Blue Earth County
- This Skyline is located in Blue Earth County and lies 899 miles [1,446.8 km]<1> to the east of the Skyline that is located in Lewis and Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blue Earth County community of Skyline.
- Mississippi
- Lee County
- This Skyline is located in Lee County and lies 1,498 miles [2,410.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Skyline that is located in Lewis and Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Skyline.
- Nebraska
- Douglas County
- This Skyline is located in Douglas County and lies 877 miles [1,411.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Skyline that is located in Lewis and Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Skyline.
- North Carolina
- Moore County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Skyline [Moore County].
- Ohio
- Hamilton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Skyline [Hamilton County].
- Ontario
- This Skyline lies 1,739 miles [2,798.6 km]<1> to the east of the Skyline that is located in Lewis and Clark County.
- West Virginia
- Mineral County
- This Skyline is located in Mineral County and lies 1,734 miles [2,790.6 km]<1> to the east of the Skyline that is located in Lewis and Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mineral County community of Skyline.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Skyline ...
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.
- Bald Butte
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bald Butte is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Butte
- Birdseye
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Birdseye is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
- Blue Cloud ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Cloud is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Cloud
- Ferris ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ferris is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
- Frontier Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Frontier Town is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Town
- Gearing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gearing is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gearing
- Marysville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Seven Mile ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Seven Mile is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile
- Silver City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Silver City is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Trinity ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Trinity is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Weed
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Weed is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed
How Far From Skyline 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 Skyline to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Skyline and extending to:
- Helena, which is the Seat of Lewis and Clark County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Skyline to Helena, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 13 miles [20.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take 6 hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,847 miles [2,972.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 105 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,647 miles [10,697.3 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 7,416 miles [11,934.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,439 miles [8,753.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Skyline) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Skyline 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Skyline 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 Skyline. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.6510, Longitude: -112.2853 In this case, the coordinates for Skyline have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.661 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.849 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.425 degrees. |
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