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 Woods Crossing:
47.877742, -111.268025
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 Woods Crossing
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 Chouteau County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Woods Crossing.
Within Montana, the name Woods Crossing is unique.
Beyond Montana, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Tuolumne County
This Woods Crossing is located in Tuolumne County and lies 826 miles [1,329.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Woods Crossing that is located in Chouteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuolumne County community of Woods Crossing.
Idaho
Madison County
This Woods Crossing is located in Madison County and lies 283 miles [455.4 km]<1> to the south of the Woods Crossing that is located in Chouteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Woods Crossing.
Virginia
Roanoke County
This Woods Crossing is located in Roanoke County and lies 1,738 miles [2,797 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Woods Crossing that is located in Chouteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of Woods Crossing.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woods Crossing ...
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.
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 Woods Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woods Crossing and extending to:
Fort Benton, which is the Seat of Chouteau County, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Woods Crossing to Fort Benton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 95 miles [152.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,808 miles [2,909.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 103 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,550 miles [10,541.2 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 7,319 miles [11,778.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,344 miles [8,600.3 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Woods Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 Woods Crossing 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 Woods Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.8777, Longitude: -111.2680 In this case, the coordinates for Woods Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.91 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.088 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.629 degrees.