Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Chelsea, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chelsea and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Chelsea
- 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 Chelsea:
- 42.313320, -84.018195
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Chelsea
- 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 Washtenaw County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Washtenaw County
- Since Chelsea is near Jackson County and also Livingston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- eBird sighting report for Livingston 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Chelsea ...
We found 31 communities that share the name Chelsea.
Within Michigan, the name Chelsea is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 31 communities, 29 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Madison County
- This Chelsea is located in Madison County and lies 544 miles [875.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Chelsea that is located in Washtenaw County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Chelsea.
- Shelby County
- This Chelsea is located in Shelby County and lies 635 miles [1,021.9 km] to the south southwest of the Chelsea that is located in Washtenaw County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Chelsea.
- Florida
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Montana
- Dawson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Chelsea [Dawson County].
- Roosevelt County
- This Chelsea is located in Roosevelt County and lies 1,107 miles [1,781.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Chelsea that is located in Washtenaw County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roosevelt County community of Chelsea.
- Nebraska
- New Jersey
- New York
- Dutchess County
- This Chelsea is located in Dutchess County and lies 518 miles [833.6 km]<1> to the east of the Chelsea that is located in Washtenaw County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dutchess County community of Chelsea.
- New York County
- This Chelsea is located in New York County and lies 528 miles [849.7 km] to the east of the Chelsea that is located in Washtenaw County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New York County community of Chelsea.
- Richmond County
- This Chelsea is located in Richmond County and lies 521 miles [838.5 km] to the east of the Chelsea that is located in Washtenaw County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Chelsea.
- Nova Scotia
- This Chelsea lies 975 miles [1,569.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Chelsea that is located in Washtenaw County.
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Quebec
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Goochland County
- This Chelsea is located in Goochland County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Chelsea that is located in Washtenaw County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Goochland County community of Chelsea.
- Newport News City
- This Chelsea is located in Newport News City and lies 529 miles [851.3 km] to the southeast of the Chelsea that is located in Washtenaw County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newport News City community of Chelsea.
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chelsea ...
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.
- Chalkerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalkerville
- Chalkerville is located in Livingston County
- Chalkerville has also been known as:
- Chalkers Landing
- Dover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Dover is located in Washtenaw County
- Fourmile Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fourmile Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile Lake
- Fourmile Lake is located in Washtenaw County
- Fourmile Lake has also been known as:
- Four Mile Lake
- Hell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell
- Hell is located in Livingston County
- Hell has also been known as:
- Hi Land Lake
- Highland Lake
- Hiland Lake
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hell <5>
- Jerusalem
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Kaiserville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaiserville
- Kaiserville is located in Livingston County
- Lanewood
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Rogers Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rogers Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Corner
- Rogers Corner is located in Washtenaw County
How Far From Chelsea 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 village such as Chelsea to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chelsea and extending to:
- Ann Arbor, which is the Seat of Washtenaw County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Chelsea to Ann Arbor, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 39 miles [62.8 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 435 miles [700.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,027 miles [9,699.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,760 miles [10,879.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,639 miles [7,465.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Chelsea. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Washtenaw County: www.ewashtenaw.org/
The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chelsea) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chelsea. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3133, Longitude: -84.0182 In this case, the coordinates for Chelsea have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Chelsea, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Chelsea could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Chelsea to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.054 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.686 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.655 degrees. |