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sweetgrass is not a place....the movie was shot in the Absoroka wilderness north of Yellowstone park.
Just a few miles down the Highway. It is about an 8 hour drive. Give or take an hour depending on how bored and how fast you are going!
The driving distance from Helena, Montana to Elko, Nevada is 599 miles via I-15 S per MapQuest. The driving time per MapQuest is 8 hours and 24 minutes.
Sparks is located in Nevada, near Reno and not far from Lake Tahoe. Finding and comparing different hotels in Sparks can be done using online information from a variety of sites, including tripadvisor, expedia, and yahoo. Booking hotels is also possible using these online tools.
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159 miles
Far Enough........
The Shoshone Indians were far-ranging people. Different bands of Shoshoni Indians lived in what is now Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, and even parts of California. Most Shoshone people still live in these areas today.
No president has come from Nevada so far.
20 miles or so
Earthquakes can occur in Nevada, which is not far from earthquake-prone California. Tornadoes occur in Nevada on occasion, but they are rare and usually weak. Nevada is too dry and too far inland to get hurricanes.
420 miles