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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 Clam Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clam Lake 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 Clam Lake:
- 44.933544, -85.26314
- 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 Clam Lake
- 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 Antrim County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Antrim County
- Since Clam Lake is near Kalkaska County and also Grand Traverse County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kalkaska County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grand Traverse 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 Clam Lake
Communities Also Named Clam Lake ...
We found one communities that are also named Clam Lake.
Within Michigan, the name Clam Lake is unique.
Beyond Michigan, there is another community also named Clam Lake in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Wisconsin
- Ashland County
- This Clam Lake is located in Ashland County and lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Clam Lake that is located in Antrim County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashland County community of Clam Lake.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clam Lake ...
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.
- Angel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Central Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Clam River
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Clam River is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam River
- Elk Rapids
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Graves Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Graves Crossing is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves Crossing
- Green River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Green River is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River
- Rapid City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Snowflake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Snowflake is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowflake
- Torch Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Torch Lake is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torch Lake
- Torch River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Torch River is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torch River
How Far From Clam Lake 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 community such as Clam Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Clam Lake once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Clam Lake and extending to:
- Bellaire, which is the Seat of Antrim County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Clam Lake to Lansing, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 593 miles [954.3 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,951 miles [9,577.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,693 miles [10,771.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,582 miles [7,374 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Clam Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 Clam Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Clam Lake 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 Clam Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9335, Longitude: -85.2631 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.768 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.883 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.381 degrees. |
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