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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 Canby Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Canby Corners 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 Canby Corners:
- 45.636121, -84.915333
- 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 Canby Corners
- 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 Emmet County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Emmet County
- Since Canby Corners is near Cheboygan County and also Mackinac County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cheboygan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mackinac 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 Canby Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Canby Corners ...
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.
- Carp Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cecil
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cecil is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Cross Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Edgewater Beach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Edgewater Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
- Good Hart
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Indianville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Indianville is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianville
- Levering
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Marsh Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Marsh Corner is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Corner
- Pleasant View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
How Far From Canby Corners 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 community such as Canby Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Canby Corners and extending to:
- Petoskey, which is the Seat of Emmet County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Canby Corners to Petoskey, 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 201 miles [323.5 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 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 614 miles [988.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,905 miles [9,503.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,649 miles [10,700.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,540 miles [7,306.4 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- Canby Corners) 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 Canby Corners 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 Canby Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6361, Longitude: -84.9153 In this case, the coordinates for Canby Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.496 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.681 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.946 degrees. |
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