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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 Tusler, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tusler 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 Tusler:
- 46.483615, -105.751667
- 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 Tusler
- 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 Custer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Custer County
- Since Tusler is near Prairie County and also Rosebud County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prairie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rosebud 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 Tusler
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tusler ...
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.
- Calypso
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Calypso is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calypso
- Miles City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Moon Creek ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Moon Creek is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Creek
- Sadie ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sadie is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sadie
- Terry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Zero
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Zero is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zero
How Far From Tusler 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 Tusler to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tusler and extending to:
- Miles City, which is the Seat of Custer County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 297 miles [478 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Tusler to Helena, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,538 miles [2,475.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 88 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,503 miles [10,465.6 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 7,271 miles [11,701.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,247 miles [8,444.2 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tusler) 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 Tusler 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 Tusler. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4836, Longitude: -105.7517 In this case, the coordinates for Tusler have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.55 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.936 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.467 degrees. |
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