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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 Carlshend, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carlshend 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 Carlshend:
- 46.310541, -87.220761
- 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 Carlshend
- 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 Marquette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marquette County
- Since Carlshend is near Alger County and also Delta County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alger County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delta 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 Carlshend
Curious and Interesting Names Near Carlshend ...
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.
- Cedar Bank
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Bank is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bank
- Dukes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dukes is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
- Green Garden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Green Garden is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Garden
- Helena
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kiva
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kiva is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiva
- Little Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Maple Grove is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Plains
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Plains is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
How Far From Carlshend 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 Carlshend to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Carlshend and extending to:
- Marquette, which is the Seat of Marquette County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Carlshend to Marquette, 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 279 miles [449 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 726 miles [1,168.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,954 miles [9,582 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,703 miles [10,787.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,601 miles [7,404.6 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Carlshend) 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 Carlshend 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 Carlshend. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.3105, Longitude: -87.2208 In this case, the coordinates for Carlshend have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.039 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.521 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.944 degrees. |
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