Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Allegan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Allegan and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Allegan
- 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 Allegan:
- 42.529315, -85.855173
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Allegan
- 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 Allegan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Allegan County
- Since Allegan is near Van Buren County and also Kalamazoo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Van Buren County
- eBird sighting report for Kalamazoo 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Allegan ...
We found two communities that share the name Allegan.
Within Michigan, the name Allegan is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Kansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Allegan ...
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.
- Bravo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Breedsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breedsville
- Breedsville is located in Van Buren County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Breedsville <3>
- Cooper
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Diamond Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Springs
- Diamond Springs is located in Allegan County
- Grand Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Junction
- Grand Junction is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Junction <3>
- Lee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Leisure
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure
- Leisure is located in Allegan County
- Leisure has also been known as:
- East Casco
- Macks Landing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macks Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macks Landing
- Macks Landing is located in Allegan County
- Martin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Martin is located in Allegan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Martin <3>
- Orangeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orangeville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Orangeville is located in Barry County
- Pearl
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Sandy Pines
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Pines
- Sandy Pines is located in Allegan County
- Spring Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Spring Grove is located in Allegan County
How Far From Allegan 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 city such as Allegan to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Allegan and extending to:
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<4> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Allegan to Lansing, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 524 miles [843.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,085 miles [9,792.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,823 miles [10,980.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,705 miles [7,572 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Allegan. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Allegan County: www.allegancounty.org/
The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Allegan 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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- Allegan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Allegan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5293, Longitude: -85.8552 |
| <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 Allegan to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.251 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.076 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.488 degrees. |