Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Wall City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wall City and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Wall City

• 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 Wall City:
  • 46.543818, -112.938661
  • 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 Wall City

• 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 Powell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Powell County
  • Since Wall City is near Granite County and also Deer Lodge County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Granite 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 Wall City

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wall City ...

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.

• Deer Lodge
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Deer Lodge is located in Powell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deer Lodge <1>
• Goldcreek ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Goldcreek is located in Powell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldcreek
  • Goldcreek has also been known as:
  • Gold Creek
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goldcreek <1>
• Hall
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Hall is located in Granite County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hall <1>
• Maxville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Maxville is located in Granite County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
• Phosphate
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Phosphate is located in Powell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phosphate
• Pioneer ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Pioneer is located in Powell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
• Prison Farm
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Prison Farm is located in Powell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prison Farm
• Sharkeyville ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Sharkeyville is located in Powell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharkeyville
• Stone
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Stone is located in Granite County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wall City and extending to:

• Deer Lodge, which is the Seat of Powell County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wall City to Deer Lodge, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 43 miles [69.2 km] to the east (E). 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 about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,878 miles [3,022.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 74 days and walking would take 107 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,668 miles [10,731.1 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 7,437 miles [11,968.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,465 miles [8,795.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'