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Old 11-17-2012, 04:32 PM
 
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No, it's not a Bananarama song. Well it is. But anyways, I heard if you flattened out all the mountain slopes in Montana, Montana would be larger than Texas! Do you think it's true?
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Old 11-17-2012, 05:26 PM
 
Location: Bellingham, WA
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Maybe? I mean, Montana's a pretty large state. 4th in size I think? And those are some pretty tall mountains.
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Old 11-17-2012, 08:23 PM
 
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I definitely believe that. If you put Montana on the map of the United States...from one end of Montana, say, Plentywood, to the other end of Montana, it takes as much space as from Boston to Chicago. Which helps folks on the East coast understand rural Montana a bit better, and the challenges our state has in providing transportation and healthcare.
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Old 11-17-2012, 09:27 PM
 
Location: Spots Wyoming
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I know it kind of surprised me the first time I drove I-90 through Montana. When you come out of Idaho on I-90, it is mile marker 0. When you drop out the South just past half way across the state, the last mile marker before Wyoming is mile marker 553.
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Old 11-23-2012, 08:13 PM
 
Location: Brendansport, Sagitta IV
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[goes off, messes with Measuring tool on the Cadastral site]

Comes to about 435 miles as the crow flies, if I managed to pin the ends somewhere close to accurate. Quite a bit of crook to that road, whether it's sideways or up hill and down dale.
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Old 11-26-2012, 01:04 PM
 
Location: Lost in Montana *recalculating*...
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The surface area of a three dimensional object is the total area of the exposed surface, so it is calculated in the land size determinations.

It takes some fancy math to get to it, but it is calculated. Montana is 4th, behind AK, CA and TX..
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