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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 Barker Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Barker Creek 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 Barker Creek:
- 44.779764, -85.316034
- 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 Barker Creek
- 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 Barker Creek is near Grand Traverse County and also Antrim County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grand Traverse County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Antrim 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 Barker Creek
Curious and Interesting Names Near Barker Creek ...
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.
- Acme
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Angel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clam Lake ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Clam River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Clam River is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam River
- Devils Elbow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Rapids
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fivemile Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fivemile Corner is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile Corner
- Houseman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Houseman is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houseman
- Jacks Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jacks Landing is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Landing
- Mabel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rapid City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Torch River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Torch River is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torch River
How Far From Barker Creek 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 Barker Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Barker Creek and extending to:
- Kalkaska, which is the Seat of Kalkaska County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 146 miles [235 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Barker Creek to Lansing, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 587 miles [944.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,960 miles [9,591.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,702 miles [10,785.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,590 miles [7,386.9 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Barker Creek) 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 Barker Creek 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 Barker Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7798, Longitude: -85.3160 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.812 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.909 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.462 degrees. |
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