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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 Alicia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Alicia 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 Alicia:
- 43.270860, -84.032474
- 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 Alicia
- 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 Saginaw County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saginaw County
- Since Alicia is near Genesee County and also Shiawassee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Genesee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shiawassee 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 Alicia
Communities Also Named Alicia ...
We found four communities that are also named Alicia.
Within Michigan, the name Alicia is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Lawrence County
- This Alicia is located in Lawrence County and lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Alicia that is located in Saginaw County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Alicia.
- California
- Yuba County
- This Alicia is located in Yuba County and lies 1,955 miles [3,146.3 km]<1> to the west of the Alicia that is located in Saginaw County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yuba County community of Alicia.
- North Dakota
- Sargent 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 North Dakota community of Alicia [Sargent County].
- Pennsylvania
- Greene 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 Pennsylvania community of Alicia [Greene County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Alicia ...
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.
- Birch Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Burnt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Burnt is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt
- Crow Island ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crow Island is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Island
- Dice
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dice is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dice
- Five Points North
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points North is located in Shiawassee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points North
- Frost
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Frost is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Hemlock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Juddville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Juddville is located in Shiawassee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juddville
- Lawndale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lawndale is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
- Marion Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Marion Springs is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Springs
- Nelson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Racy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Racy is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racy
- Shields
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Shields is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields
- Swan Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Swan Creek is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Creek
How Far From Alicia to ...
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 Alicia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Alicia and extending to:
- Saginaw, which is the Seat of Saginaw County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Alicia to Saginaw, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 45 miles [72.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 472 miles [759.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,983 miles [9,628.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,719 miles [10,813.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,601 miles [7,404.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Alicia) 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 Alicia 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Alicia 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 Alicia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2709, Longitude: -84.0325 In this case, the coordinates for Alicia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.026 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.796 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.334 degrees. |
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