Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Bruningville:
  • 45.385291, -83.824441
  • 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 Bruningville

• 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 Presque Isle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Presque Isle County
  • Since Bruningville is near Alpena County and also Montmorency County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Alpena County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Montmorency 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 Bruningville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bruningville ...

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.

• Bell Landing
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Bell Landing is located in Presque Isle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Landing
• Big Cut
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Big Cut is located in Presque Isle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cut
• Bolton
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Bolton is located in Alpena County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
• Evergreen Beach
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Evergreen Beach is located in Presque Isle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Beach
• Grace
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Grace is located in Presque Isle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
• Harbor View
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Harbor View is located in Presque Isle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor View
• Hawks
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hawks is located in Presque Isle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawks
• Leer
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Leer is located in Alpena County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leer
• Leroy
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Leroy is located in Presque Isle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
• Long Rapids
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Long Rapids is located in Alpena County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Rapids
• Orchard Point
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Orchard Point is located in Presque Isle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Point
• Rainy Beach
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Rainy Beach is located in Presque Isle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainy Beach
• Rogers City
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Rogers City is located in Presque Isle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,665 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogers City <1>

How Far From Bruningville 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 Bruningville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Rogers City, which is the Seat of Presque Isle County, lies just to the North Northeast.
• Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Bruningville to Lansing, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 566 miles [910.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,878 miles [9,459.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,619 miles [10,652.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,507 miles [7,253.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'