Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Smelter Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Smelter Hill and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Smelter Hill
- 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 Smelter Hill:
- 47.521347, -111.268863
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Smelter Hill
- 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 Cascade County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Cascade County
- Since Smelter Hill is near Chouteau County and also Teton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Chouteau County
- eBird sighting report for Teton 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Smelter Hill ...
We found one communities that share the name Smelter Hill.
Within Montana, the name Smelter Hill is unique.
Beyond Montana, there is another community also named Smelter Hill in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Jasper 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 Missouri community of Smelter Hill [Jasper County].
- Missouri
Curious and Interesting Names Near Smelter Hill ...
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.
- Black Eagle
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Eagle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Eagle
- Black Eagle is located in Cascade County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Black Eagle <3>
- Cooper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Donovan Park ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Donovan Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donovan Park
- Donovan Park is located in Cascade County
- Fields
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Flood ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Great Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Falls
- Great Falls is located in Cascade County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58,353 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Great Falls <3>
- Johnstown ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Little Chicago ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Chicago have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chicago
- Little Chicago is located in Cascade County
- Rainbow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
How Far From Smelter Hill 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 Smelter Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Smelter Hill and extending to:
- Great Falls, which is the Seat of Cascade County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<4> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Smelter Hill to Helena, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,805 miles [2,904.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 103 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,572 miles [10,576.6 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 7,341 miles [11,814.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,363 miles [8,630.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Smelter Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Cascade County: www.co.cascade.mt.us/
The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Smelter Hill 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Smelter Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Smelter Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.5213, Longitude: -111.2689 In this case, the coordinates for Smelter Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Smelter Hill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.896 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.04 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.679 degrees. |