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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 Wickes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wickes 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 Wickes:
- 46.349652, -112.103334
- 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 Wickes
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Wickes is near Lewis and Clark County and also Broadwater County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis and Clark County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Broadwater 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 Wickes
Communities Also Named Wickes ...
We found two communities that are also named Wickes.
Within Montana, the name Wickes is unique.
Beyond Montana, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Polk County
- This Wickes is located in Polk County and lies 1,246 miles [2,005.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Wickes that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Wickes.
- Missouri
- Jefferson County
- This Wickes is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,232 miles [1,982.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Wickes that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Wickes.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wickes ...
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.
- Amazon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Amazon is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazon
- Basin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blazing Place
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blazing Place is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blazing Place
- Boulder
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Clancy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Comet ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Comet is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Comet has also been known as:
- High Ore
- Elkhorn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elkhorn is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Fuller
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fuller is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Portal
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Portal is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portal
- Queen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Queen is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen
How Far From Wickes 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 Wickes to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Wickes once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Wickes and extending to:
- Boulder, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the South.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Wickes to Helena, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,837 miles [2,956.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 105 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,662 miles [10,721.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,431 miles [11,959 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,450 miles [8,770.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 from Point A (ie- Wickes) 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Wickes, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Wickes 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 Wickes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.3497, Longitude: -112.1033 In this case, the coordinates for Wickes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.501 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.638 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.35 degrees. |
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