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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 Canada Shores, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Canada Shores 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 Canada Shores:
- 41.808869, -84.962288
- 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 Canada Shores
- 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 Branch County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Branch County
- Since Canada Shores is near Steuben County and also Hillsdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hillsdale 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 Canada Shores
Curious and Interesting Names Near Canada Shores ...
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.
- California
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- California is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- Clear Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coldwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Crooked Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crooked Lake is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Lake
- Crystal Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Crystal Beach is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Beach
- Fisher
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Eden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Glen Eden is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Eden
- Hatmaker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jamestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kinderhook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lake James
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lake James is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake James
- Nevada Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nevada Mills is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada Mills
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Page
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Page is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page
- Pearl Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pearl Beach is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Beach
- Stringtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stringtown is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Trailtree Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Trailtree Village is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trailtree Village
How Far From Canada Shores 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 Canada Shores to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Canada Shores and extending to:
- Coldwater, which is the Seat of Branch County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Canada Shores to Coldwater, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 67 miles [107.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 462 miles [743.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,086 miles [9,794.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,819 miles [10,974.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,699 miles [7,562.3 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Canada Shores) 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 Canada Shores 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 Canada Shores. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8089, Longitude: -84.9623 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.683 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.325 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.28 degrees. |
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