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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 Auburn Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Auburn Hills 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 Auburn Hills:
    • 42.678822, -83.230674
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Auburn Hills
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Auburn Hills ...

We found two communities that share the name Auburn Hills.

Within Michigan, the name Auburn Hills is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Auburn Hills is located in New Castle County and lies 438 miles [704.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Auburn Hills that is located in Oakland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Auburn Hills.
    • Tennessee
      • Hamilton County
      • This Auburn Hills is located in Hamilton County and lies 536 miles [862.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Auburn Hills that is located in Oakland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Auburn Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Auburn Hills ...

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.

  • Big Beaver
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Charing Cross
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Decker ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Decker. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
    • Decker is located in Oakland County
    • Decker has also been known as:
    • Decker Settlement
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Decker
    • From Auburn Hills to Decker
  • Disco ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Four Towns
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Franklin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Grays' Mills ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grays' Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays' Mills
    • Grays' Mills is located in Macomb County
    • Former names for Grays' Mills:
    • Clifton Mill
    • Clifton Village
    • Clifton
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Grays' Mills
    • From Auburn Hills to Grays' Mills
  • Lake Orion
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Lakeville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Oak Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oak Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Oak Grove is located in Oakland County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Oak Grove
    • From Auburn Hills to Oak Grove
  • Stony Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Union Lake
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)

How Far From Auburn Hills to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Auburn Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Pontiac, which is the Seat of Oakland County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Auburn Hills to Lansing, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 415 miles [667.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,980 miles [9,623.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,713 miles [10,803.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,592 miles [7,390.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

The official website for Auburn Hills: www.auburn-hills.org/

The official website for Oakland County: www.co.oakland.mi.us/

The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Auburn Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Auburn Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6788, Longitude: -83.2307    
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Auburn Hills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.528 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.144 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.145 degrees.




 

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