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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 Boyne City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boyne City 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 Boyne City:
- 45.216063, -85.013094
- 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 Boyne City
- 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 Charlevoix County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charlevoix County
- Since Boyne City is near Emmet County and also Antrim County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Emmet County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Antrim 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 Boyne City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boyne City ...
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.
- Advance
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Advance is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Boulder Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Boulder Park is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Park
- Central Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Epsilon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Epsilon is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epsilon
- Forest Beach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Goo ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Graves Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Graves Crossing is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves Crossing
- Green River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Green River is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River
- Harbor Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Harbor Point is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Point
- Harbor Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Roaring Brook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wildwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wildwood is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Boyne City 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 city such as Boyne City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Boyne City and extending to:
- Charlevoix, which is the Seat of Charlevoix County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Boyne City to Charlevoix, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 172 miles [276.8 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 597 miles [960.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,928 miles [9,540.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,672 miles [10,737.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,560 miles [7,338.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Boyne City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Boyne City 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 Boyne City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2161, Longitude: -85.0131 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.585 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.719 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.149 degrees. |
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