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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 Calvin Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Calvin Center 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 Calvin Center:
- 41.845881, -85.935002
- 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 Calvin Center
- 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 Cass County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
- Since Calvin Center is near Elkhart County and also Saint Joseph County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elkhart County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Joseph 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 Calvin Center
Curious and Interesting Names Near Calvin Center ...
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.
- Corey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Corey is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corey
- Dailey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dailey is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Diamond Shores
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond Shores is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Shores
- Eagle Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Point is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
- Edwardsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Garden Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Garden Village is located in Elkhart County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Jones
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Spring Beach is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Beach
- Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Calvin Center 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 Calvin Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Calvin Center and extending to:
- Cassopolis, which is the Seat of Cass County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Calvin Center to Lansing, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 510 miles [820.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,121 miles [9,850.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,856 miles [11,033.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,737 miles [7,623.5 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 '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- Calvin Center) 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 Calvin Center 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 Calvin Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8459, Longitude: -85.9350 In this case, the coordinates for Calvin Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.317 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.052 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.742 degrees. |
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