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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 Yaak, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yaak 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 Yaak:
- 48.831391, -115.709297
- 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 Yaak
- 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Since Yaak is near Boundary County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boundary 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 Yaak
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yaak ...
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.
- Boulder City ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Boulder City is located in Boundary County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder City
- Crossport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Crossport is located in Boundary County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossport
- Dodge Summit
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dodge Summit is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge Summit
- Eileen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Eileen is located in Boundary County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eileen
- Good Grief
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Good Grief is located in Boundary County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Grief
- Kingsgate
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Meadow Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Meadow Creek is located in Boundary County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Creek
- Stonehill ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Stonehill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonehill
How Far From Yaak 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 Yaak to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Yaak and extending to:
- Libby, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Yaak to Libby, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two 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 230 miles [370.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,018 miles [3,247.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 79 days and walking would take 115 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,581 miles [10,591.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,348 miles [11,825.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,417 miles [8,717.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Yaak) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Yaak 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 Yaak. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.8314, Longitude: -115.7093 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.503 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.301 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.325 degrees. |
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