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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 Tyman Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tyman Place 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 Tyman Place:
- 46.221605, -110.639369
- 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 Tyman Place
- 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 Meagher County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Meagher County
- Since Tyman Place is near Park County and also Gallatin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Park County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gallatin 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 Tyman Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tyman Place ...
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.
- Bruce Place
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bruce Place is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce Place
- Clyde Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ford Place
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ford Place is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Place
- Francis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Francis is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
- Groveland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Groveland is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Martinsdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ringling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shields
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Shields is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields
- Sixteen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sixteen is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixteen
How Far From Tyman Place to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Tyman Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tyman Place and extending to:
- White Sulphur Springs, which is the Seat of Meagher County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Tyman Place to White Sulphur Springs, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 70 miles [112.7 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,767 miles [2,843.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 69 days and walking would take 101 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,637 miles [10,681.2 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 7,406 miles [11,918.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,413 miles [8,711.4 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tyman Place) 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 Tyman Place 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 Tyman Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2216, Longitude: -110.6394 In this case, the coordinates for Tyman Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.338 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.28 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.465 degrees. |
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