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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 Tobin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tobin 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 Tobin:
    • 46.637991, -112.104447
    • 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 Tobin
  • 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 Lewis and Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis and Clark County
    • Since Tobin is near Powell County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Powell 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 Tobin

Communities Also Named Tobin ...

We found six communities that are also named Tobin.

Within Montana, the name Tobin is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Pike 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 Arkansas community of Tobin [Pike County].
    • California
      • Plumas County
      • This Tobin is located in Plumas County and lies 653 miles [1,050.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Tobin that is located in Lewis and Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plumas County community of Tobin.
    • Colorado
      • Logan County
      • This Tobin is located in Logan County and lies 609 miles [980.1 km]<2> to the southeast of the Tobin that is located in Lewis and Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Tobin.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Tobin is located in Baltimore County and lies 1,835 miles [2,953.1 km]<2> to the east of the Tobin that is located in Lewis and Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Tobin.
    • Texas
      • El Paso 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 Tobin [El Paso County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Kenosha County
      • This Tobin is located in Kenosha County and lies 1,221 miles [1,965 km]<2> to the east of the Tobin that is located in Lewis and Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kenosha County community of Tobin.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tobin ...

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.

  • Birdseye
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Birdseye is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
  • Blue Cloud ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Blue Cloud is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Cloud
  • Gearing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Gearing is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gearing
  • Helena
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Helena is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,737 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helena <3>
  • Iron
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Iron is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron
  • Park City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Park City is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
  • Seven Mile ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Seven Mile is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile
  • Unionville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Unionville is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
  • Weed
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Weed is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed

How Far From Tobin to ...

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 Tobin to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tobin and extending to:

  • Helena, which is the Seat of Lewis and Clark County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies just to the southeast (SE).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,839 miles [2,959.6 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Tobin to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 105 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 72 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,644 miles [10,692.5 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 7,413 miles [11,930.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,435 miles [8,746.8 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Tobin 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tobin) 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 Tobin 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 Tobin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.6380, Longitude: -112.1044       In this case, the coordinates for Tobin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.517 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.681 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.315 degrees.