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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 Trine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Trine 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 Trine:
- 47.792498, -108.345133
- 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 Trine
- 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 Phillips County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Phillips County
- Since Trine is near Fergus County and also Blaine County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fergus County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blaine 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 Trine
Curious and Interesting Names Near Trine ...
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 Warm ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Big Warm is located in Blaine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Warm
- Dry Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Lake is located in Blaine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Lake
- First Creek ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- First Creek is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Creek
- Hays
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Little Crooked ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Little Crooked is located in Fergus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Crooked
- Lodge Pole
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lodge Pole is located in Blaine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodge Pole
- Rocky Point ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rocky Point is located in Fergus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Woods Place
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woods Place is located in Petroleum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Place
How Far From Trine to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Trine 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<2> community of Trine once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Trine and extending to:
- Malta, which is the Seat of Phillips County, lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<3> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Trine to Malta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 191 miles [307.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,673 miles [2,692.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 66 days and walking would take 95 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,489 miles [10,443 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 7,258 miles [11,680.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,261 miles [8,466.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Trine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Trine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Trine 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 Trine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.7925, Longitude: -108.3451 In this case, the coordinates for Trine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.608 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.433 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.826 degrees. |
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