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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 Toole, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Toole 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 Toole:
- 47.326043, -115.022914
- 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 Toole
- 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 Mineral County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mineral County
- Since Toole is near Sanders County and also Missoula County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sanders County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Missoula 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 Toole
Curious and Interesting Names Near Toole ...
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.
- Cabin City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cabin City is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin City
- Cedar Junction ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cedar Junction is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Junction
- Cedar Mouth ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Mouth is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Mouth
- Island City ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Island City is located in Sanders County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Keystone is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Oliverville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oliverville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliverville
- Paradise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Plains
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Gulch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Spring Gulch is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Gulch
- Superior
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Toole 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 Toole to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Toole and extending to:
- Superior, which is the Seat of Mineral County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Toole to Superior, with an average speed<3> 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 150 miles [241.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,979 miles [3,184.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 78 days and walking would take 113 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,662 miles [10,721.4 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 7,430 miles [11,957.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,482 miles [8,822.4 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- Toole) 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 Toole 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 Toole. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.3260, Longitude: -115.0229 In this case, the coordinates for Toole have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.884 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.474 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.063 degrees. |
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