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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 Falls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boyne Falls 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 Falls:
- 45.168191, -84.916519
- 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 Falls
- 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 Falls is near Otsego County and also Antrim County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otsego 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 Falls
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boyne Falls ...
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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Advance is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Central Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Epsilon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Epsilon is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epsilon
- Goo ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Graves Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Graves Crossing is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves Crossing
- Green River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Green River is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River
- Green Timbers
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Harbor Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Harbor Point is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Point
- Harbor Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Oak Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pearll City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pearll City is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearll City
- Roaring Brook
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Snowflake
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Snowflake is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowflake
- Wildwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wildwood is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Wolverine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Boyne Falls 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 village such as Boyne Falls 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 Falls and extending to:
- Charlevoix, which is the Seat of Charlevoix County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Boyne Falls to Charlevoix, 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 6 hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 169 miles [272 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 591 miles [951.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,927 miles [9,538.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,670 miles [10,734.3 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>'
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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Boyne Falls) 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 Falls 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 Falls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1682, Longitude: -84.9165 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.523 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.641 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.116 degrees. |
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