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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 Ulmer, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ulmer 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 Ulmer:
- 46.354447, -105.929449
- 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 Ulmer
- 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 Ulmer is near Rosebud County and also Prairie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rosebud County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prairie 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 Ulmer
Communities Also Named Ulmer ...
We found two communities that are also named Ulmer.
Within Montana, the name Ulmer is unique.
Beyond Montana, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Sac County
- This Ulmer is located in Sac County and lies 610 miles [981.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Ulmer that is located in Custer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sac County community of Ulmer.
- South Carolina
- Allendale County
- This Ulmer is located in Allendale County and lies 1,589 miles [2,557.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Ulmer that is located in Custer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allendale County community of Ulmer.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ulmer ...
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.
- Cartersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cartersville is located in Rosebud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
- Crain Place
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crain Place is located in Rosebud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crain Place
- Joppa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Joppa is located in Rosebud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
- Miles City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Moon Creek ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Moon Creek is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Creek
- Rosebud
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sadie ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sadie is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sadie
- Zero
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Zero is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zero
How Far From Ulmer 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 Ulmer to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ulmer and extending to:
- Miles City, which is the Seat of Custer County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 290 miles [466.7 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Ulmer to Helena, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five 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 1,545 miles [2,486.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 61 days and walking would take 88 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,515 miles [10,484.9 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 7,283 miles [11,720.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,259 miles [8,463.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ulmer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Ulmer 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 Ulmer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.3544, Longitude: -105.9294 In this case, the coordinates for Ulmer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.682 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.074 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.595 degrees. |
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