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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 Tampico, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tampico 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 Tampico:
- 48.304738, -106.827000
- 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 Tampico
- 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 Valley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Valley County
- Since Tampico is near Phillips County and also McCone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Phillips County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McCone 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 Tampico
Communities Also Named Tampico ...
We found eight communities that are also named Tampico.
There is one other community in Montana that is also named Tampico.
Beyond Montana, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Montana ...
- Dawson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Tampico [Dawson County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Whiteside County
- This Tampico is located in Whiteside County and lies 948 miles [1,525.7 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Tampico that is located in Valley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whiteside County community of Tampico.
- Indiana
- Jackson County
- This Tampico is located in Jackson County and lies 1,227 miles [1,974.7 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Tampico that is located in Valley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Tampico.
- Kentucky
- Taylor County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Tampico [Taylor County].
- Ohio
- Darke County
- This Tampico is located in Darke County and lies 1,224 miles [1,969.8 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Tampico that is located in Valley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darke County community of Tampico.
- Tennessee
- Grainger County
- This Tampico is located in Grainger County and lies 1,444 miles [2,323.9 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Tampico that is located in Valley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grainger County community of Tampico.
- Texas
- Hall County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Tampico [Hall County].
- Washington
- Yakima County
- This Tampico is located in Yakima County and lies 666 miles [1,071.8 km]<2> to the west of the Tampico that is located in Valley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yakima County community of Tampico.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tampico ...
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.
- Cactus Flat ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cactus Flat is located in McCone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus Flat
- Fort Peck
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Free Deal ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Free Deal is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Deal
- Glasgow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jordan Crossing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jordan Crossing is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Crossing
- Lakeview ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Miles Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Miles Crossing is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Crossing
- Paisley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Paisley is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paisley
- Park Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Park Grove is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Grove
- Rose Hill ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Square Deal ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Square Deal is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Square Deal
- Whately
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whately is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whately
How Far From Tampico 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 Tampico to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tampico and extending to:
- Glasgow, which is the Seat of Valley County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tampico to Glasgow, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 269 miles [432.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,611 miles [2,592.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 63 days and walking would take 92 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,423 miles [10,336.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,191 miles [11,572.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,188 miles [8,349.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Tampico 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tampico) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Tampico 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 Tampico. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.3047, Longitude: -106.8270 In this case, the coordinates for Tampico have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.441 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.146 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.804 degrees. |
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