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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 Whitetail, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whitetail and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Whitetail:
    • 48.896366, -105.16399
    • 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 Whitetail
  • 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 Daniels County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Daniels County
    • Since Whitetail is near Sheridan County and also Roosevelt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sheridan County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Roosevelt 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 Whitetail

Communities Also Named Whitetail ...

We found two communities that are also named Whitetail.

Within Montana, the name Whitetail is unique.

Beyond Montana, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Pima County
      • This Whitetail is located in Pima County and lies 1,174 miles [1,889.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Whitetail that is located in Daniels County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pima County community of Whitetail.
    • New Mexico
      • Otero County
      • This Whitetail is located in Otero County and lies 1,082 miles [1,741.3 km]<1> to the south of the Whitetail that is located in Daniels County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otero County community of Whitetail.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Whitetail ...

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.

How Far From Whitetail to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Whitetail to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Whitetail and extending to:

  • Scobey, which is the Seat of Daniels County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Whitetail to Scobey, 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 355 miles [571.3 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,548 miles [2,491.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 6,348 miles [10,216.1 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 7,116 miles [11,452.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,106 miles [8,217.3 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Whitetail) 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 Whitetail 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 Whitetail. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.8964, Longitude: -105.1640    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.167 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.752 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.668 degrees.