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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 Sollid, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sollid 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 Sollid:
- 48.176919, -111.496660
- 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 Sollid
- 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 Pondera County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pondera County
- Since Sollid is near Chouteau County and also Liberty County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chouteau County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Liberty 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 Sollid
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sollid ...
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.
- Brady
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Diamond Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Diamond Valley is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Valley
- Fowler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fowler is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- George ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- George is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
- Ledger
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Liberty Center ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Center is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Center
- Lone Tree ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Tree is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
- Woods Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Woods Crossing is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Crossing
How Far From Sollid to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sollid 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 Sollid once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Sollid and extending to:
- Conrad, which is the Seat of Pondera County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Sollid to Conrad, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 112 miles [180.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,821 miles [2,930.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 104 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,537 miles [10,520.3 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 7,306 miles [11,757.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,334 miles [8,584.2 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 Sollid, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sollid) 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 Sollid 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 Sollid. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.1769, Longitude: -111.4967 In this case, the coordinates for Sollid have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.103 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.336 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.729 degrees. |
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