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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 Andersonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Andersonville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Andersonville:
    • 42.729946, -83.491118
    • 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 Andersonville
  • 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 Oakland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oakland County
    • Since Andersonville is near Livingston County and also Genesee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Genesee 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 Andersonville

Communities Also Named Andersonville ...

We found sixteen communities that are also named Andersonville.

Within Michigan, the name Andersonville is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of sixteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Etowah County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Andersonville [Etowah County].
    • Colorado
      • Larimer County
      • This Andersonville is located in Larimer County and lies 1,119 miles [1,800.9 km]<2> to the west of the Andersonville that is located in Oakland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Larimer County community of Andersonville.
    • Georgia
      • Cherokee County
      • This Andersonville is located in Cherokee County and lies 596 miles [959.2 km]<2> to the south of the Andersonville that is located in Oakland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Andersonville.
      • Cobb County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Andersonville [Cobb County].
      • Sumter County
      • This Andersonville is located in Sumter County and lies 728 miles [1,171.6 km] to the south of the Andersonville that is located in Oakland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Andersonville.
    • Indiana
      • Delaware County
      • This Andersonville is located in Delaware County and lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Andersonville that is located in Oakland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Andersonville.
      • Franklin County
      • This Andersonville is located in Franklin County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km] to the south southwest of the Andersonville that is located in Oakland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Andersonville.
    • Kentucky
      • Daviess County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Andersonville [Daviess County].
    • Montana
      • Fergus County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Andersonville [Fergus County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Andersonville lies 825 miles [1,327.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Andersonville that is located in Oakland County.
    • Ohio
      • Brown County
      • This Andersonville is located in Brown County and lies 256 miles [412 km]<2> to the south of the Andersonville that is located in Oakland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Andersonville.
      • Ross County
      • This Andersonville is located in Ross County and lies 229 miles [368.5 km] to the south of the Andersonville that is located in Oakland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ross County community of Andersonville.
    • South Carolina
      • Anderson County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Andersonville [Anderson County].
    • Tennessee
      • Anderson County
      • This Andersonville is located in Anderson County and lies 451 miles [725.8 km]<2> to the south of the Andersonville that is located in Oakland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Andersonville.
    • Virginia
      • Buckingham County
      • This Andersonville is located in Buckingham County and lies 446 miles [717.8 km]<2> to the southeast of the Andersonville that is located in Oakland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buckingham County community of Andersonville.
    • West Virginia
      • Marshall County
      • This Andersonville is located in Marshall County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<2> to the southeast of the Andersonville that is located in Oakland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Andersonville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Andersonville ...

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.

How Far From Andersonville 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 Andersonville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Andersonville and extending to:

  • Pontiac, which is the Seat of Oakland County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Andersonville to Pontiac, with an average speed<5> 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 53 miles [85.3 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 428 miles [688.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,988 miles [9,636.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,721 miles [10,816.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,601 miles [7,404.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 Andersonville 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Andersonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Andersonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Andersonville 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 Andersonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7299, Longitude: -83.4911       In this case, the coordinates for Andersonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.695 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.341 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.255 degrees.