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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 Winnecook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Winnecook 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 Winnecook:
- 46.399958, -109.664070
- 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 Winnecook
- 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 Wheatland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wheatland County
- Since Winnecook is near Golden Valley County and also Fergus County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Golden Valley County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fergus 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 Winnecook
Communities Also Named Winnecook ...
We found two communities that are also named Winnecook.
There is one other community in Montana that is also named Winnecook.
Beyond Montana, there is another community also named Winnecook in the United States.
- Communities Located In Montana ...
- Meagher County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Winnecook [Meagher County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maine
- Waldo County
- This Winnecook is located in Waldo County and lies 1,930 miles [3,106 km]<2> to the east of the Winnecook that is located in Wheatland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waldo County community of Winnecook.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Winnecook ...
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.
- Barber
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barber is located in Golden Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Dodgetown ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dodgetown is located in Golden Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgetown
- Franklin
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Franklin is located in Golden Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Hedgesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hedgesville is located in Wheatland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgesville
- Judith Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Living Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Living Springs is located in Wheatland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Living Springs
- Norwegian Settlement ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Norwegian Settlement is located in Sweet Grass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwegian Settlement
- Seventynine ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Seventynine is located in Golden Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seventynine
- Twodot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
How Far From Winnecook 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 Winnecook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Winnecook and extending to:
- Harlowton, which is the Seat of Wheatland County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 112 miles [180.2 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Winnecook to Helena, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,722 miles [2,771.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 68 days and walking would take 98 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,603 miles [10,626.5 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 7,372 miles [11,864.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,374 miles [8,648.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Winnecook could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Winnecook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Winnecook 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 Winnecook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4000, Longitude: -109.6641 In this case, the coordinates for Winnecook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.581 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.422 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.845 degrees. |
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