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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 Amadore, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Amadore 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 Amadore:
- 43.195066, -82.585914
- 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 Amadore
- 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 Sanilac County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sanilac County
- Since Amadore is near Saint Clair County and also Lapeer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lapeer 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 Amadore
Curious and Interesting Names Near Amadore ...
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 Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Birch Beach is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Beach
- Blaine
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Blue Water Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Blue Water Beach is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Water Beach
- Fargo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fargo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Gardendale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Great Lakes Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Great Lakes Beach is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Lakes Beach
- Peck
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ruby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Speaker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
How Far From Amadore 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 Amadore 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<1> community of Amadore once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Amadore and extending to:
- Sandusky, which is the Seat of Sanilac County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Amadore to Sandusky, with an average speed<3> 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 6 hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 104 miles [167.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 414 miles [666.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,932 miles [9,546.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,665 miles [10,726.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,545 miles [7,314.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Amadore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Amadore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Amadore 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 Amadore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1951, Longitude: -82.5859 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.084 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.719 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.643 degrees. |
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