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 Stacey:
45.720000, -105.891108
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.
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 Powder River County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found one communities that are also named Stacey.
Within Montana, the name Stacey is unique.
Beyond Montana, there is another community also named Stacey in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
North Carolina
Rockingham County
This Stacey is located in Rockingham County and lies 1,503 miles [2,418.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Stacey that is located in Powder River County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Stacey.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stacey ...
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.
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 Stacey to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stacey and extending to:
Broadus, which is the Seat of Powder River County, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Stacey to Broadus, 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 299 miles [481.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,537 miles [2,473.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 88 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,551 miles [10,542.8 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 7,318 miles [11,777.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,290 miles [8,513.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stacey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
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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 Stacey 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 Stacey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7200, Longitude: -105.8911 In this case, the coordinates for Stacey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.625 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.943 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.675 degrees.