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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 Badger Basin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Badger Basin 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 Badger Basin:
- 44.925782, -109.073200
- 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 Badger Basin
- 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 Park County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Park County
- Since Badger Basin is near Carbon County and also Big Horn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Big Horn 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 Badger Basin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Badger Basin ...
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.
- Chance
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chance is located in Carbon County (MT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chance
- Clark
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Eagle is located in Carbon County (MT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
- Elk Basin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Basin is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Basin
- Golden ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Golden is located in Carbon County (MT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
- Red Lodge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Scotch Coulee ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Scotch Coulee is located in Carbon County (MT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Coulee
- Vocation
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Vocation is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vocation
How Far From Badger Basin 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 Badger Basin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Badger Basin and extending to:
- Cody, which is the Seat of Park County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Badger Basin to Cody, 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.
- Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 338 miles [544 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,686 miles [2,713.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 66 days and walking would take 96 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,678 miles [10,747.2 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 7,446 miles [11,983.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,433 miles [8,743.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Badger Basin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Badger Basin 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 Badger Basin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9258, Longitude: -109.0732 In this case, the coordinates for Badger Basin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.041 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.658 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.685 degrees. |
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