Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Montborne, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Montborne and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Montborne

• 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 Montborne:
  • 48.381138, -122.221767
  • 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 Montborne

• 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 Skagit County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Skagit County
  • Since Montborne is near Snohomish County and also Island County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Snohomish County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Island 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 Montborne

Curious and Interesting Names Near Montborne ...

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.

• Allen
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Allen is located in Skagit County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
• Big Lake
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Big Lake is located in Skagit County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake
• Chuckanut Junction
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Chuckanut Junction is located in Skagit County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckanut Junction
• Clear Lake
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Clear Lake is located in Skagit County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Clear Lake
  • From Montborne to Clear Lake
• Cokedale ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Cokedale is located in Skagit County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokedale
• Day Creek
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Day Creek is located in Skagit County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Creek
• English Boom
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • English Boom is located in Island County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Boom
• Fish Town
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Fish Town is located in Skagit County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Town
• Florence
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Florence is located in Snohomish County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Florence
  • From Montborne to Florence
• Milltown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Milltown is located in Skagit County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
• Norman
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Norman is located in Snohomish County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman

How Far From Montborne 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 Montborne to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Montborne and extending to:

• Mount Vernon, which is the Seat of Skagit County, lies just to the West Northwest.
• Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Montborne to Olympia, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,314 miles [3,724 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,721 miles [10,816.4 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 7,482 miles [12,041.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,611 miles [9,030 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'