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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 West Glendive, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Glendive 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 West Glendive:
- 47.110845, -104.749684
- 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 West Glendive
- 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 Dawson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dawson County
- Since West Glendive is near Richland County and also Prairie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richland 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 West Glendive
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Glendive ...
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.
- Burns
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Burns is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
- Curry
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Curry is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
- Forest Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Forest Park is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Hungry Joe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hungry Joe is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hungry Joe
- Intake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Intake is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intake
- Marsh
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marsh is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh
- Pleasant View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Red Top
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Red Top is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Top
How Far From West Glendive 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 West Glendive to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in West Glendive and extending to:
- Glendive, which is the Seat of Dawson County, lies just to the East.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 345 miles [555.2 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from West Glendive to Helena, with an average speed<2>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 20 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,499 miles [2,412.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 86 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,441 miles [10,365.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,208 miles [11,600.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,183 miles [8,341.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- West Glendive) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 West Glendive 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 West Glendive. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.1108, Longitude: -104.7497 In this case, the coordinates for West Glendive have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.804 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.146 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.756 degrees. |
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