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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 Bay Harbor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bay Harbor 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 Bay Harbor:
    • 45.366378, -85.020706
    • 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 Bay Harbor
  • 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 Emmet County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Emmet County
    • Since Bay Harbor is near Charlevoix County and also Cheboygan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Charlevoix County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cheboygan 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 Bay Harbor

Communities Also Named Bay Harbor ...

We found four communities that are also named Bay Harbor.

Within Michigan, the name Bay Harbor is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • Sussex County
      • This Bay Harbor is located in Sussex County and lies 684 miles [1,100.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Bay Harbor that is located in Emmet County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Bay Harbor.
    • Florida
      • Bay County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Bay Harbor [Bay County].
      • Broward County
      • This Bay Harbor is located in Broward County and lies 1,354 miles [2,179.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Bay Harbor that is located in Emmet County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broward County community of Bay Harbor.
    • Texas
      • Galveston County
      • This Bay Harbor is located in Galveston County and lies 1,247 miles [2,006.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Bay Harbor that is located in Emmet County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Galveston County community of Bay Harbor.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bay Harbor ...

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.

How Far From Bay Harbor 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 community such as Bay Harbor to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Petoskey, which is the Seat of Emmet County, lies just to the East.
  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Bay Harbor to Lansing, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 604 miles [972 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,922 miles [9,530.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,665 miles [10,726.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,555 miles [7,330.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Bay Harbor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bay Harbor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Bay Harbor 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 Bay Harbor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3664, Longitude: -85.0207    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.582 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.738 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.099 degrees.