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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 Strawberry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Strawberry and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Strawberry:
    • 45.664596, -111.959635
    • 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 Strawberry
  • 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Since Strawberry is near Gallatin County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gallatin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Strawberry

Communities Also Named Strawberry ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named Strawberry.

Within Montana, the name Strawberry is unique.

Beyond Montana, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Blount County
      • This Strawberry is located in Blount County and lies 1,551 miles [2,496.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Strawberry that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Strawberry.
    • Arizona
      • Gila County
      • This Strawberry is located in Gila County and lies 777 miles [1,250.5 km]<1> to the south of the Strawberry that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gila County community of Strawberry.
      • Yavapai County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Strawberry [Yavapai County].
    • Arkansas
      • Johnson County
      • This Strawberry is located in Johnson County and lies 1,194 miles [1,921.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Strawberry that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Strawberry.
      • Lawrence County
      • This Strawberry is located in Lawrence County and lies 1,263 miles [2,032.6 km] to the east southeast of the Strawberry that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Strawberry.
    • California
      • El Dorado County
      • This Strawberry is located in El Dorado County and lies 631 miles [1,015.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Strawberry that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Dorado County community of Strawberry.
      • Marin County
      • This Strawberry is located in Marin County and lies 762 miles [1,226.3 km] to the southwest of the Strawberry that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marin County community of Strawberry.
      • Tuolumne County
      • This Strawberry is located in Tuolumne County and lies 660 miles [1,062.2 km] to the southwest of the Strawberry that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuolumne County community of Strawberry.
    • Kansas
      • Washington County
      • This Strawberry is located in Washington County and lies 850 miles [1,367.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Strawberry that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Strawberry.
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Strawberry [Jefferson County].
    • Nevada
      • White Pine County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Strawberry [White Pine County].
    • Oregon
      • Morrow County
      • This Strawberry is located in Morrow County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km]<1> to the west of the Strawberry that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morrow County community of Strawberry.
    • South Carolina
      • Berkeley County
      • This Strawberry is located in Berkeley County and lies 1,895 miles [3,049.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Strawberry that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Strawberry.
      • Georgetown County
      • This Strawberry is located in Georgetown County and lies 1,921 miles [3,091.5 km] to the east southeast of the Strawberry that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Georgetown County community of Strawberry.
    • Utah
      • Morgan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Strawberry [Morgan County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Strawberry ...

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.

How Far From Strawberry to ...

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 Strawberry 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 community of Strawberry once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Strawberry and extending to:

  • Virginia City, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Strawberry to Virginia City, with an average speed<5> 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 64 miles [103 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,828 miles [2,941.9 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,701 miles [10,784.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,469 miles [12,020.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,483 miles [8,824 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Strawberry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Strawberry could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>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 Strawberry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Strawberry 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 Strawberry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6646, Longitude: -111.9596    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.35 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.404 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.343 degrees.