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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 McNutt, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McNutt 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 McNutt:
    • 43.980535, -108.016296
    • 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 McNutt
  • 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 Washakie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washakie County
    • Since McNutt is near Hot Springs County and also Big Horn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hot Springs 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 McNutt

Communities Also Named McNutt ...

We found five communities that are also named McNutt.

Within Wyoming, the name McNutt is unique.

Beyond Wyoming, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Oconee 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 Georgia community of McNutt [Oconee County].
    • Louisiana
      • Rapides Parish
      • This McNutt is located in Rapides Parish and lies 1,208 miles [1,944.1 km]<2> to the southeast of the McNutt that is located in Washakie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of McNutt.
    • Mississippi
      • Leflore County
      • This McNutt is located in Leflore County and lies 1,183 miles [1,903.9 km]<2> to the east southeast of the McNutt that is located in Washakie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leflore County community of McNutt.
    • Virginia
      • Augusta County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of McNutt [Augusta County].
    • West Virginia
      • Braxton County
      • This McNutt is located in Braxton County and lies 1,456 miles [2,343.2 km]<2> to the east of the McNutt that is located in Washakie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Braxton County community of McNutt.

Curious and Interesting Names Near McNutt ...

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.

How Far From McNutt to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as McNutt to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McNutt and extending to:

  • Worland, which is the Seat of Washakie County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from McNutt to Cheyenne, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,631 miles [2,624.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 64 days and walking would take 93 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,708 miles [10,795.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,475 miles [12,029.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,449 miles [8,769.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 McNutt 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McNutt) 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 McNutt, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 McNutt 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 McNutt. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9805, Longitude: -108.0163    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.163 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.549 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.18 degrees.