Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Burt Lake:
  • 45.440845, -84.711152
  • 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 Burt Lake

• 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 Cheboygan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cheboygan County
  • Since Burt Lake is near Emmet County and also Charlevoix 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 Charlevoix 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 Burt Lake

Curious and Interesting Names Near Burt Lake ...

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.

• Birchwood
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Birchwood is located in Cheboygan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
• Cold Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Cold Springs is located in Cheboygan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
• Epsilon
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Epsilon is located in Emmet County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epsilon
• Indian River
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Indian River is located in Cheboygan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian River
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Indian River <1>
• Indianville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Indianville is located in Cheboygan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianville
• Long Point
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Long Point is located in Cheboygan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point
• Pleasant View
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant View is located in Emmet County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
• Roaring Brook
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Roaring Brook is located in Emmet County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Brook
• Royal Oak Beach
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Royal Oak Beach is located in Cheboygan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oak Beach
• Silver Beach
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Silver Beach is located in Cheboygan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
• Wildwood
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Wildwood is located in Cheboygan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood

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

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

• Cheboygan, which is the Seat of Cheboygan County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Burt Lake to Cheboygan, 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 five to six hours.
• Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 187 miles [300.9 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 598 miles [962.4 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 5,907 miles [9,506.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,650 miles [10,702.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,539 miles [7,304.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'