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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 Anchor Bay Shores, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Anchor Bay Shores 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 Anchor Bay Shores:
- 42.635755, -82.817443
- 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 Anchor Bay Shores
- 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 Macomb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macomb County
- Since Anchor Bay Shores is near Saint Clair County and also Wayne 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 Wayne 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 Anchor Bay Shores
Curious and Interesting Names Near Anchor Bay Shores ...
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.
- Anchorville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Disco ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Eagle Poine ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fair Haven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gas Settlement ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Heart ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Liverpool ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Muttonville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pearl Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Perch Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Plumb Brook ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Red Run Corners ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Roseville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Anchor Bay Shores to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Anchor Bay Shores to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Anchor Bay Shores and extending to:
- Mount Clemens, which is the Seat of Macomb County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Anchor Bay Shores to Lansing, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 397 miles [638.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,966 miles [9,601.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,698 miles [10,779.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,577 miles [7,366 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Anchor Bay Shores) 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 Anchor Bay Shores 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 Anchor Bay Shores. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6358, Longitude: -82.8174 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.263 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.836 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.958 degrees. |
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