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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 Staley Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Staley Place 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 Staley Place:
- 46.243549, -110.656591
- 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 Staley Place
- 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 Meagher County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Meagher County
- Since Staley Place is near Park County and also Gallatin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Park County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gallatin 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 Staley Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Staley Place ...
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.
- Bruce Place
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bruce Place is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce Place
- Ford Place
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ford Place is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Place
- Francis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Francis is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
- Groveland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Groveland is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Martinsdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ringling
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Shields
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Shields is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields
- Sixteen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sixteen is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixteen
How Far From Staley Place 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 Staley Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Staley Place and extending to:
- White Sulphur Springs, which is the Seat of Meagher County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Staley Place to White Sulphur Springs, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days 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 69 miles [111 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,768 miles [2,845.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 69 days and walking would take 101 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,636 miles [10,679.6 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 7,405 miles [11,917.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,412 miles [8,709.8 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 '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- Staley Place) 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 Staley Place 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 Staley Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2435, Longitude: -110.6566 In this case, the coordinates for Staley Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.353 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.299 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.473 degrees. |
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