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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 Deer Lodge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Deer Lodge 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 Deer Lodge:
- 37.930538, -114.073158
- 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 Deer Lodge
- 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 Deer Lodge is near Iron County and also Beaver County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iron County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beaver 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 Deer Lodge
Communities Also Named Deer Lodge ...
We found three communities that are also named Deer Lodge.
Within Nevada, the name Deer Lodge is unique.
Beyond Nevada, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Mendocino 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 California community of Deer Lodge [Mendocino County].
- Montana
- Powell County
- This Deer Lodge is located in Powell County and lies 588 miles [946.3 km]<2> to the north of the Deer Lodge that is located in Lincoln County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Powell County community of Deer Lodge.
- Tennessee
- Morgan County
- This Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County and lies 1,612 miles [2,594.3 km]<2> to the east of the Deer Lodge that is located in Lincoln County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Deer Lodge.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Deer Lodge ...
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.
- Crestline ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Desert Springs ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fay ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Flat Nose
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Flat Nose is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Nose
- Heist ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Heist is located in Iron County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heist
- Horseshoe Bend
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Horseshoe Bend is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Bend
- Newland ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newland
- Rose Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rose Valley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Valley
- Spring Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Deer Lodge 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 Deer Lodge 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 Deer Lodge once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Deer Lodge and extending to:
- Pioche, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Deer Lodge to Pioche, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 318 miles [511.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,991 miles [3,204.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 78 days and walking would take 114 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,225 miles [11,627.5 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 7,994 miles [12,865.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,972 miles [9,611 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 Deer Lodge 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Deer Lodge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Deer Lodge, 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 Deer Lodge 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 Deer Lodge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9305, Longitude: -114.0732 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.354 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.947 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.186 degrees. |
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