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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 Wolf Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wolf Point 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 Wolf Point:
- 48.091811, -105.641765
- 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 Wolf Point
- 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 Roosevelt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roosevelt County
- Since Wolf Point is near McCone County and also Valley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McCone County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Valley 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 Wolf Point
Communities Also Named Wolf Point ...
We found one communities that are also named Wolf Point.
There is one other community in Montana that is also named Wolf Point.
Beyond Montana.
- Communities Located In Montana ...
- Dawson 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 Wolf Point [Dawson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wolf Point ...
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.
- Arthur ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Arthur is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Bakers ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bakers is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers
- Poplar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Prairie Elk ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Elk is located in McCone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Elk
- Sand Creek ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sand Creek is located in McCone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Volt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Volt is located in Roosevelt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volt
How Far From Wolf Point 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 city such as Wolf Point to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Wolf Point and extending to:
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 315 miles [506.9 km]<3> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Wolf Point to Helena, with an average speed<4>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 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,555 miles [2,502.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 61 days and walking would take 89 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,406 miles [10,309.5 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 7,175 miles [11,547 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,161 miles [8,305.8 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 Wolf Point 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wolf Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Wolf Point 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 Wolf Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.0918, Longitude: -105.6418 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.518 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.068 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.115 degrees. |
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