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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 River, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clam River 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 River:
- 44.945282, -85.280343
- 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 River
- 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 River 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 River
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clam River ...
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)
- Angel is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel
- Angel has also been known as:
- Angel Station
- Angell Station
- Central Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Clam Lake ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Clam Lake is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam Lake
- Elk Rapids
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Green River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Green River is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River
- Rapid City
(7 miles [11.3 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
(9 miles [14.5 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 south)
- Torch River is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torch River
How Far From Clam River 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 River to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Clam River and extending to:
- Bellaire, which is the Seat of Antrim County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Clam River to Lansing, with an average speed<3>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 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 594 miles [956 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<4> 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).<5>
- 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).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,582 miles [7,374 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Clam River) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 River 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 River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9453, Longitude: -85.2803 In this case, the coordinates for Clam River have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.779 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.898 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.386 degrees. |
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