Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Bach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bach and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bach
- 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 Bach:
- 43.684136, -83.354421
- 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 Bach
- 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 Huron County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Huron County
- Since Bach is near Tuscola County and also Sanilac County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Tuscola County
- eBird sighting report for Sanilac 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Bach ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Bach.
Within Michigan, the name Bach is unique.
Beyond Michigan, there is another community also named Bach in the United States.
In addition to the above occurrences of Bach, we know of fifteen communities located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Communities Beyond North America ...
- Austria
- - Upper Austria
- Distance: 4,325 miles [6,960.4 km]<2> to the northeast
- - Upper Austria
- Distance: 4,335 miles [6,976.5 km] to the northeast
- - Lower Austria
- Distance: 4,410 miles [7,097.2 km] to the northeast
- - Burgenland
- Distance: 4,255 miles [6,847.8 km] to the northeast
- - Carinthia
- Distance: 4,419 miles [7,111.7 km] to the northeast
- - Carinthia
- Distance: 4,453 miles [7,166.4 km] to the northeast
- - Carinthia
- Distance: 4,400 miles [7,081.1 km] to the northeast
- - Carinthia
- Distance: 4,427 miles [7,124.6 km] to the northeast
- - Upper Austria
- Distance: 4,321 miles [6,954 km] to the northeast
- - Carinthia
- Distance: 4,410 miles [7,097.2 km] to the northeast
- - Vorarlberg
- Distance: 4,229 miles [6,805.9 km] to the northeast
- Switzerland
- - Schwyz
- Distance: 4,193 miles [6,748 km]<2> to the northeast
- Germany
- - Saxony
- Distance: 4,183 miles [6,731.9 km]<2> to the northeast
- - North Rhine-Westphalia
- Distance: 4,009 miles [6,451.9 km] to the northeast
- - Bavaria
- Distance: 4,245 miles [6,831.7 km] to the northeast
- Austria
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bach ...
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.
- Fairgrove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairgrove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairgrove
- Fairgrove is located in Tuscola County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairgrove <4>
- Gagetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gagetown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gagetown
- Gagetown is located in Tuscola County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gagetown <4>
- Ivanhoe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - Linkville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Pigeon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Pigeon is located in Huron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,108 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pigeon <4>
- Rose Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rose Island have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Island
- Rose Island is located in Huron County
- Unionville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Unionville is located in Tuscola County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 471 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Unionville <4>
- Valley Island
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Island
- Valley Island is located in Huron County
How Far From Bach 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 Bach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bach and extending to:
- Bad Axe, which is the Seat of Huron County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bach to Bad Axe, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 89 miles [143.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 465 miles [748.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,939 miles [9,557.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,675 miles [10,742.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,556 miles [7,332.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bach. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Bach 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bach) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6841, Longitude: -83.3544 |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Bach to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.561 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.331 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.848 degrees. |