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 Staton:
46.089926, -112.874761
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 found one communities that share the name Staton.
Within Montana, the name Staton is unique.
Beyond Montana, there is another community also named Staton in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
North Carolina
Pitt County
This Staton is located in Pitt County and lies 1,968 miles [3,167.2 km]<1> to the east of the Staton that is located in Deer Lodge County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Staton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Staton ...
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.
Crackerville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crackerville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Staton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Staton and extending to:
Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Staton to Helena, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,873 miles [3,014.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take three full days, a buggy would take 74 days and walking would take 107 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,695 miles [10,774.6 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 7,463 miles [12,010.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,487 miles [8,830.5 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- Staton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Staton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.0899, Longitude: -112.8748 In this case, the coordinates for Staton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 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 Staton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.10 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.31 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.858 degrees.