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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 Cheboygan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cheboygan 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 Cheboygan:
- 45.641956, -84.468924
- 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 Cheboygan
- 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 Cheboygan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cheboygan County
- Since Cheboygan is near Mackinac County and also Emmet County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mackinac County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Emmet 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 Cheboygan
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cheboygan ...
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.
- Aloha
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Aloha is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloha
- Birchwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Birchwood is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- Freedom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Freedom is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Grand View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Grand View is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
- High Banks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- High Banks is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Banks
- Long Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Long Point is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point
- Orchard Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Orchard Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Beach
- Royal Oak Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Royal Oak Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oak Beach
- Silver Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
How Far From Cheboygan 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 city such as Cheboygan to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Cheboygan and extending to:
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Cheboygan to Lansing, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 600 miles [965.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,889 miles [9,477.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,632 miles [10,673.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,522 miles [7,277.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Cheboygan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Cheboygan 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 Cheboygan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6420, Longitude: -84.4689 In this case, the coordinates for Cheboygan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.193 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.341 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.707 degrees. |
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