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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 Bombay, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bombay 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 Bombay:
- 43.741693, -84.266383
- 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 Bombay
- 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 Midland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Midland County
- Since Bombay is near Bay County and also Gladwin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bay County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gladwin 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 Bombay
Communities Also Named Bombay ...
We found four communities that are also named Bombay.
Within Michigan, the name Bombay is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Sacramento County
- This Bombay is located in Sacramento County and lies 1,947 miles [3,133.4 km]<1> to the west of the Bombay that is located in Midland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sacramento County community of Bombay.
- Minnesota
- Goodhue County
- This Bombay is located in Goodhue County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<1> to the west of the Bombay that is located in Midland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Goodhue County community of Bombay.
- New York
- Franklin County
- This Bombay is located in Franklin County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bombay that is located in Midland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Bombay.
- North Carolina
- Randolph 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 North Carolina community of Bombay [Randolph County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bombay ...
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.
- Beaver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Beaver is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Bullock Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bullock Creek is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock Creek
- Dale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dale is located in Gladwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Dean
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dean is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Dice Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dice Corners is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dice Corners
- Duel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Duel is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duel
- Edenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edenville is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenville
- Francis Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Francis Grove is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis Grove
- Golden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Golden is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
- Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Bombay 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 Bombay to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bombay and extending to:
- Midland, which is the Seat of Midland County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Bombay to Lansing, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 502 miles [807.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,970 miles [9,607.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,708 miles [10,795.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,591 miles [7,388.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Bombay) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Bombay 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> | 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 Bombay 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 Bombay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7417, Longitude: -84.2664 In this case, the coordinates for Bombay have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.159 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.017 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.287 degrees. |
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