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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 Boon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boon 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 Boon:
- 44.289728, -85.602004
- 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 Boon
- 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 Wexford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wexford County
- Since Boon is near Osceola County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Osceola County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Boon
Communities Also Named Boon ...
We found five communities that are also named Boon.
Within Michigan, the name Boon is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Sumner County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Boon [Sumner County].
- Mississippi
- Winston County
- This Boon is located in Winston County and lies 793 miles [1,276.2 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Boon that is located in Wexford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winston County community of Boon.
- Ontario
- This Boon lies 359 miles [577.8 km]<2> to the north of the Boon that is located in Wexford County.
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware County
- This Boon is located in Delaware County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Boon that is located in Wexford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Boon.
- Texas
- Blanco County
- Although located in Blanco County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blanco County community of Boon.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boon ...
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.
- Cadillac
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dublin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dublin is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Gilbert
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gilbert is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Hobart
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hobart is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Irons
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Jennings
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jennings is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Le Roy
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lucas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lucas is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
- Luther
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mesick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stoney Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Stoney Corner is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Corner
- Stoney Corner has also been known as:
- Stoney Corners
- Summit City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Summit City is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit City
How Far From Boon 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 Boon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Boon and extending to:
- Cadillac, which is the Seat of Wexford County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Boon to Cadillac, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 119 miles [191.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 577 miles [928.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,993 miles [9,644.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,735 miles [10,838.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,622 miles [7,438.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Boon 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. |
| <2> | 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- Boon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Boon 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 Boon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2897, Longitude: -85.6020 In this case, the coordinates for Boon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.025 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.078 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.78 degrees. |
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