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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 South Browning, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Browning 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 South Browning:
- 48.548705, -113.013457
- 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 South Browning
- 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 Glacier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Glacier County
- Since South Browning is near Pondera County and also Flathead County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pondera County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Flathead 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 South Browning
Curious and Interesting Names Near South Browning ...
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.
- Bison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bison is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bison
- Blackfoot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Blackfoot is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot
- Edwards Crossing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Edwards Crossing is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossing
- False Summit
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- False Summit is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for False Summit
- Family ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Family is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Family
- Gunsight
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gunsight is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunsight
- Kiowa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rising Sun
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Star
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Star is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Sundance
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sundance is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance
How Far From South Browning 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 South Browning to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in South Browning and extending to:
- Cut Bank, which is the Seat of Glacier County, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from South Browning to Cut Bank, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 142 miles [228.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 1,894 miles [3,048.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 74 days and walking would take 108 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,546 miles [10,534.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,314 miles [11,770.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,358 miles [8,622.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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- South Browning) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 South Browning 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 South Browning. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.5487, Longitude: -113.0135 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.325 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.773 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.636 degrees. |
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