This Billings lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<1> to the east.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arizona
Apache County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Billings [Apache County].
British Columbia
This Billings lies 1,680 miles [2,703.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
Michigan
Gladwin County
This Billings is located in Gladwin County and lies 173 miles [278.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gladwin County community of Billings.
Missouri
Christian County
This Billings is located in Christian County and lies 842 miles [1,355.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Christian County community of Billings.
Montana
Yellowstone County
This Billings is located in Yellowstone County and lies 1,260 miles [2,027.8 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yellowstone County community of Billings.
New Mexico
Socorro County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Billings [Socorro County].
New York
Dutchess County
This Billings is located in Dutchess County and lies 510 miles [820.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dutchess County community of Billings.
Ohio
Noble County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Noble County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noble County community of Billings.
Oklahoma
Noble County
This Billings is located in Noble County and lies 1,016 miles [1,635.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noble County community of Billings.
West Virginia
Roane County
This Billings is located in Roane County and lies 484 miles [778.9 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Billings.
Communities Beyond North America ...
Germany
Distance: 3,958 miles [6,369.8 km]<1> to the northeast
Russia
Distance: 3,549 miles [5,711.6 km]<1> to the north northwest
Curious and Interesting Names Near Billings ...
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.
Advance (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Advance came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
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 Billings to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Billings and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 316 miles [508.6 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Billings to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>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 shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,798 miles [9,331 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,539 miles [10,523.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,425 miles [7,121.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
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- Billings) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Billings. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.8512, Longitude: -82.2193
<2>
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 Billings 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 . 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.
<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 Billings, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>
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.
<7>
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 Billings to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.665 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.652 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.44 degrees.