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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 Angling, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Angling 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 Angling:
- 44.669911, -85.010671
- 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 Angling
- 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 Kalkaska County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kalkaska County
- Since Angling is near Crawford County and also Missaukee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Missaukee 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 Angling
Curious and Interesting Names Near Angling ...
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.
- Cotton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton
- Danish Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Danish Landing is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danish Landing
- Frederic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hillcrest
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Houseman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Houseman is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houseman
- Louis Cabin Landing
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Louis Cabin Landing is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louis Cabin Landing
- Mabel
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pioneer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Rapid City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Skyline Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Skyline Village is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Village
- Tent City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tent City is located in Roscommon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tent City
How Far From Angling 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 Angling to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Angling and extending to:
- Kalkaska, which is the Seat of Kalkaska County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Angling to Kalkaska, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 135 miles [217.3 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 571 miles [918.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,954 miles [9,582 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,696 miles [10,776.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,583 miles [7,375.6 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Angling) 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 Angling 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 Angling. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6699, Longitude: -85.0107 In this case, the coordinates for Angling have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.611 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.667 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.342 degrees. |
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