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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 Chilson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chilson 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 Chilson:
- 42.526978, -83.861613
- 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 Chilson
- 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 Livingston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
- Since Chilson is near Washtenaw County and also Oakland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washtenaw County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oakland 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 Chilson
Communities Also Named Chilson ...
We found three communities that are also named Chilson.
Within Michigan, the name Chilson is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Craighead County
- This Chilson is located in Craighead County and lies 605 miles [973.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Chilson that is located in Livingston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craighead County community of Chilson.
- New York
- Essex County
- This Chilson is located in Essex County and lies 528 miles [849.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Chilson that is located in Livingston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Chilson.
- South Dakota
- Fall River County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Chilson [Fall River County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chilson ...
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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chalkerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalkerville
- Chalkerville has also been known as:
- Chalkers Landing
- Chubb's Corners ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chubb's Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chubb's Corners
- Dover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dover is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Green Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Green Oak is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Oak
- Hartland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hell is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell
- Hell has also been known as:
- Hi Land Lake
- Highland Lake
- Hiland Lake
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hell <3>
- Kaiserville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kaiserville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaiserville
- Parishfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Parishfield is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parishfield
- Pettysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pettysville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
How Far From Chilson 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 Chilson to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chilson and extending to:
- Howell, which is the Seat of Livingston County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Chilson to Lansing, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 436 miles [701.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,011 miles [9,673.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,744 miles [10,853.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,624 miles [7,441.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Chilson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Chilson 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Chilson 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 Chilson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5270, Longitude: -83.8616 In this case, the coordinates for Chilson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.945 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.593 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.506 degrees. |
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