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 Kalamazoo:
28.846104, -81.110033
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.
We found seven communities that share the name Kalamazoo.
Within Florida, the name Kalamazoo is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Logan County
This Kalamazoo is located in Logan County and lies 861 miles [1,385.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Kalamazoo that is located in Volusia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Kalamazoo.
Kansas
Decatur County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Kalamazoo [Decatur County].
Kingman County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Kalamazoo [Kingman County].
Sedgwick County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Kalamazoo [Sedgwick County].
Michigan
Kalamazoo County
This Kalamazoo is located in Kalamazoo County and lies 960 miles [1,545 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Kalamazoo that is located in Volusia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kalamazoo County community of Kalamazoo.
Nebraska
Madison County
This Kalamazoo is located in Madison County and lies 1,288 miles [2,072.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Kalamazoo that is located in Volusia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Kalamazoo.
West Virginia
Barbour County
This Kalamazoo is located in Barbour County and lies 714 miles [1,149.1 km]<1> to the north of the Kalamazoo that is located in Volusia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barbour County community of Kalamazoo.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kalamazoo ...
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.
Cow Creek (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cow Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Kalamazoo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kalamazoo and extending to:
De Land, which is the Seat of Volusia County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Kalamazoo to De Land, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 219 miles [352.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 732 miles [1,178 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,516 miles [10,486.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,185 miles [11,563.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,084 miles [8,181.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 from Point A (ie- Kalamazoo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kalamazoo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.8461, Longitude: -81.1100
<2>
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 Kalamazoo 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.
<3>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>
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.
<7>
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 Kalamazoo to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.179 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.599 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.268 degrees.