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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 Chesaning, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chesaning 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 Chesaning:
- 43.185959, -84.119242
- 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 Chesaning
- 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 Saginaw County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saginaw County
- Since Chesaning is near Shiawassee County and also Genesee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shiawassee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Genesee 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 Chesaning
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chesaning ...
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.
- Burnt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Burnt is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt
- Five Points
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Five Points North
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Five Points North is located in Shiawassee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points North
- Juddville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kerby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Kerby is located in Shiawassee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerby
- Kerby has also been known as:
- Kerby Mine
- Marion Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Marion Springs is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Springs
- Nelson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Racy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Racy is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racy
- Swan Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wolf Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wolf Crossing is located in Shiawassee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Crossing
How Far From Chesaning to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Chesaning to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Chesaning and extending to:
- Saginaw, which is the Seat of Saginaw County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Chesaning to Saginaw, with an average speed<2> 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 38 miles [61.2 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 472 miles [759.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,990 miles [9,640 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,726 miles [10,824.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,608 miles [7,415.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Chesaning) 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 Chesaning 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 Chesaning. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1860, Longitude: -84.1192 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.087 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.852 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.407 degrees. |
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