Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Bennington, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bennington and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bennington
- 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 Bennington:
- 42.935306, -84.241915
- 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 Bennington
- 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 Shiawassee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Shiawassee County
- Since Bennington is near Clinton County and also Saginaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Clinton County
- eBird sighting report for Saginaw 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 Bennington ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Bennington.
Within Michigan, the name Bennington is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Idaho
- Bear Lake County
- This Bennington is located in Bear Lake County and lies 1,369 miles [2,203.2 km]<1> to the west of the Bennington that is located in Shiawassee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bear Lake County community of Bennington.
- Illinois
- Edwards County
- This Bennington is located in Edwards County and lies 366 miles [589 km]<1> to the southwest of the Bennington that is located in Shiawassee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edwards County community of Bennington.
- Indiana
- Switzerland County
- This Bennington is located in Switzerland County and lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<1> to the south of the Bennington that is located in Shiawassee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Switzerland County community of Bennington.
- Kansas
- Ottawa County
- This Bennington is located in Ottawa County and lies 745 miles [1,199 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Bennington that is located in Shiawassee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Bennington.
- Maryland
- Montgomery County
- This Bennington is located in Montgomery County and lies 448 miles [721 km]<1> to the southeast of the Bennington that is located in Shiawassee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Bennington.
- Minnesota
- Mower County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Bennington [Mower County].
- Nebraska
- Douglas County
- This Bennington is located in Douglas County and lies 619 miles [996.2 km]<1> to the west of the Bennington that is located in Shiawassee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Bennington.
- New Hampshire
- Hillsborough County
- This Bennington is located in Hillsborough County and lies 621 miles [999.4 km]<1> to the east of the Bennington that is located in Shiawassee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Bennington.
- New York
- Wyoming County
- This Bennington is located in Wyoming County and lies 295 miles [474.8 km]<1> to the east of the Bennington that is located in Shiawassee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Bennington.
- Ohio
- Morrow County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bennington [Morrow County].
- Oklahoma
- Bryan County
- This Bennington is located in Bryan County and lies 885 miles [1,424.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Bennington that is located in Shiawassee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bryan County community of Bennington.
- Ontario
- This Bennington lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<1> to the east of the Bennington that is located in Shiawassee County.
- Pennsylvania
- Blair County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Blair County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blair County community of Bennington.
- Vermont
- Bennington County
- This Bennington is located in Bennington County and lies 558 miles [898 km]<1> to the east of the Bennington that is located in Shiawassee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bennington County community of Bennington.
- Idaho
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bennington ...
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.
- Bath
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bath have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Bath is located in Clinton County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bath <5>
- Elsie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsie
- Elsie is located in Clinton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elsie <5>
- Five Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Five Points is located in Shiawassee County
- Five Points North
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points North have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points North
- Five Points North is located in Shiawassee County
- Kerby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Price
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Union Plains
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Plains
- Union Plains is located in Shiawassee County
- Wolf Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolf Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Crossing
- Wolf Crossing is located in Shiawassee County
How Far From Bennington 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 Bennington to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bennington and extending to:
- Corunna, which is the Seat of Shiawassee County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Bennington to Lansing, with an average speed<7> 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 most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 467 miles [751.6 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 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,006 miles [9,665.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,742 miles [10,850.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,623 miles [7,440 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bennington. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Shiawassee County: www.shiawassee.net/
The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bennington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bennington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9353, Longitude: -84.2419 In this case, the coordinates for Bennington have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Bennington 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. |
| <3> | 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 Bennington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Bennington to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.177 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.917 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.554 degrees. |