Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Blaney Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blaney Park and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Blaney Park

• 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 Blaney Park:
  • 46.115535, -85.927068
  • 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 Blaney 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 Schoolcraft County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Schoolcraft County
  • Since Blaney Park is near Mackinac County and also Luce County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mackinac County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Luce 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 Blaney Park

Curious and Interesting Names Near Blaney 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.

• Carpenter Landing
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Carpenter Landing is located in Luce County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Landing
• Copenhagen Beach
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Copenhagen Beach is located in Schoolcraft County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copenhagen Beach
• Evergreen Shores
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Evergreen Shores is located in Schoolcraft County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Shores
• Gulliver
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Gulliver is located in Schoolcraft County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulliver
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gulliver <1>
• Hiawatha
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Hiawatha is located in Schoolcraft County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha
• Huntspur
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Huntspur is located in Mackinac County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntspur
  • Huntspur has also been known as:
  • Hunt Spur
• Inland
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Inland is located in Schoolcraft County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inland
• Marks
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Marks is located in Luce County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marks
• Sunset Beach
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunset Beach is located in Schoolcraft County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach

How Far From Blaney Park to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Blaney Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Blaney Park and extending to:

• Manistique, which is the Seat of Schoolcraft County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Blaney Park to Manistique, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
• Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 243 miles [391.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 672 miles [1,081.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,918 miles [9,524.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,665 miles [10,726.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,559 miles [7,337 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'