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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 Trask, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Trask 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 Trask:
    • 46.102705, -112.417239
    • 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 Trask
  • 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Since Trask is near Silver Bow County and also Deer Lodge County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Silver Bow County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Deer Lodge 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 Trask

Communities Also Named Trask ...

We found three communities that are also named Trask.

Within Montana, the name Trask is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Grant 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 Indiana community of Trask [Grant County].
    • Missouri
      • Howell County
      • This Trask is located in Howell County and lies 1,232 miles [1,982.7 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Trask that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howell County community of Trask.
    • South Carolina
      • Abbeville 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 South Carolina community of Trask [Abbeville County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Trask ...

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.

  • Big Foot ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Big Foot is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Foot
  • Butchertown ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Butchertown is located in Silver Bow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butchertown
  • Centerville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Centerville is located in Silver Bow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Elk Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Elk Park is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Park
  • Floral Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Floral Park is located in Silver Bow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral Park
  • Highview
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Highview is located in Silver Bow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highview
  • Homestake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Homestake is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestake
  • Paul Place
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Paul Place is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paul Place
  • Pioneer
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Pioneer is located in Silver Bow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
  • Rocker
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Rocker is located in Silver Bow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocker
  • Stringtown ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Stringtown is located in Silver Bow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown

How Far From Trask 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 Trask to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Boulder, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Trask to Boulder, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 38 miles [61.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,851 miles [2,978.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 106 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,684 miles [10,756.9 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 7,453 miles [11,994.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,473 miles [8,807.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Trask 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Trask) 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 Trask 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 Trask. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.1027, Longitude: -112.4172       In this case, the coordinates for Trask have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.737 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.89 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.573 degrees.