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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 Manistee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Manistee 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 Manistee:
- 31.575175, -92.360693
- 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 Manistee
- 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 parish-by-parish basis. We have selected Grant Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant Parish
- Since Manistee is near La Salle Parish and also Rapides Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for La Salle Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rapides Parish
- 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 Manistee
Communities Also Named Manistee ...
We found three communities that are also named Manistee.
Within Louisiana, the name Manistee is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Monroe County
- This Manistee is located in Monroe County and lies 286 miles [460.3 km]<1> to the east of the Manistee that is located in Grant Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Manistee.
- Michigan
- Manistee County
- This Manistee is located in Manistee County and lies 933 miles [1,501.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Manistee that is located in Grant Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Manistee County community of Manistee.
- Marquette 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 Michigan community of Manistee [Marquette County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Manistee ...
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.
- Bob
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bob is located in Grant Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bob
- Breezy Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Breezy Hill is located in Grant Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Hill
- Dry Prong
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Eden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eden is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Farmland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Farmland is located in Grant Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmland
- Fellowship
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fellowship is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
- Fishville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fishville is located in Grant Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishville
- Little Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Little Creek is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Creek
- Magnolia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Mudville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mudville is located in Grant Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudville
- Pollock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rogers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rogers is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Sand Spur
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sand Spur is located in Grant Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Spur
- Stay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stay is located in Grant Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stay
How Far From Manistee to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Manistee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Manistee once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Manistee and extending to:
- Colfax, which is the Seat of Grant Parish, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Manistee to Colfax, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 105 miles [169 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 999 miles [1,607.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,874 miles [11,062.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,592 miles [12,218.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,467 miles [8,798.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Manistee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Manistee 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 parish. 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 Manistee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Manistee 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 Manistee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5752, Longitude: -92.3607 In this case, the coordinates for Manistee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.918 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.79 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.90 degrees. |
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