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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 Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bay Park 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 Park:
    • 43.655518, -83.584905
    • 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 Park
  • 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 Tuscola County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscola County
    • Since Bay Park is near Huron County and also Bay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Huron County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bay 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 Park

Communities Also Named Bay Park ...

We found three communities that are also named Bay Park.

Within Michigan, the name Bay Park is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Diego County
      • This Bay Park is located in San Diego County and lies 1,955 miles [3,146.3 km]<1> to the west of the Bay Park that is located in Tuscola County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of Bay Park.
    • New York
      • Nassau County
      • This Bay Park is located in Nassau County and lies 548 miles [881.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Bay Park that is located in Tuscola County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Bay Park.
    • Oregon
      • Coos County
      • This Bay Park is located in Coos County and lies 2,013 miles [3,239.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bay Park that is located in Tuscola County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Bay Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bay Park ...

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 Park 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 Bay Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Caro, which is the Seat of Tuscola County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bay Park to Caro, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 80 miles [128.7 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 472 miles [759.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,949 miles [9,574 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,685 miles [10,758.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,567 miles [7,349.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Bay Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Bay Park 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 Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6555, Longitude: -83.5849    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.714 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.50 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.974 degrees.