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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 Arenac, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Arenac 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 Arenac:
- 44.005699, -83.857959
- 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 Arenac
- 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 Arenac County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Arenac County
- Since Arenac is near Bay County and also Ogemaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bay County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ogemaw 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 Arenac
Curious and Interesting Names Near Arenac ...
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.
- Elbow Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elbow Lake is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbow Lake
- Hard Luck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hard Luck is located in Gladwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hard Luck
- Hard Luck has also been known as:
- Hardluck
- Knights Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Knights Mill is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights Mill
- Maple Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- National City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pine River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Skidway Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Turtle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Turtle is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle
- Twining
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Worth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Worth is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
How Far From Arenac 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 Arenac to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Arenac and extending to:
- Standish, which is the Seat of Arenac County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Arenac 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 6 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 498 miles [801.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,943 miles [9,564.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,680 miles [10,750.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,564 miles [7,345 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Arenac) 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 Arenac 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 Arenac. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0057, Longitude: -83.8580 In this case, the coordinates for Arenac have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.876 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.736 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.987 degrees. |
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