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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 Carland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carland 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 Carland:
- 43.058082, -84.304699
- 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 Carland
- 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 Shiawassee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shiawassee County
- Since Carland is near Clinton County and also Saginaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saginaw 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 Carland
Curious and Interesting Names Near Carland ...
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.
- Bannister
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elsie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Eureka is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Five Points
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points is located in Shiawassee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Five Points North
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Five Points North is located in Shiawassee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points North
- Kerby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kerby is located in Shiawassee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerby
- Kerby has also been known as:
- Kerby Mine
- Marion Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Marion Springs is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Springs
- Price
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Price is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Racy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Racy is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racy
- Wolf Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wolf Crossing is located in Shiawassee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Crossing
How Far From Carland 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 Carland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Carland and extending to:
- Corunna, which is the Seat of Shiawassee County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Carland to Corunna, 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 25 miles [40.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 475 miles [764.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,003 miles [9,660.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,739 miles [10,845.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,620 miles [7,435.2 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- Carland) 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 Carland 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 Carland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0581, Longitude: -84.3047 In this case, the coordinates for Carland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.214 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.977 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.543 degrees. |
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