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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 Clark Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clark Corners 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 Clark Corners:
- 43.022798, -86.145050
- 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 Clark Corners
- 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 Ottawa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ottawa County
- Since Clark Corners is near Muskegon County and also Allegan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Muskegon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegan 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 Clark Corners
Communities Also Named Clark Corners ...
We found four communities that are also named Clark Corners.
Within Michigan, the name Clark Corners is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Lewis County
- This Clark Corners is located in Lewis County and lies 528 miles [849.7 km]<1> to the east of the Clark Corners that is located in Ottawa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Clark Corners.
- Oswego County
- This Clark Corners is located in Oswego County and lies 489 miles [787 km] to the east of the Clark Corners that is located in Ottawa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oswego County community of Clark Corners.
- Ohio
- Ashtabula 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 Ohio community of Clark Corners [Ashtabula County].
- Medina County
- This Clark Corners is located in Medina County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Clark Corners that is located in Ottawa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Medina County community of Clark Corners.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clark Corners ...
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.
- Cloverville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cloverville is located in Muskegon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverville
- Crisp
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Crisp is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
- Ferrysburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fruitport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Grand Haven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harlem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Harlem is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- New Holland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- New Holland is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holland
- Pearline
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pearline is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearline
- Rosy Mound
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rosy Mound is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosy Mound
- Snug Harbor
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Snug Harbor is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
How Far From Clark Corners 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 Clark Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Clark Corners and extending to:
- Grand Haven, which is the Seat of Ottawa County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Clark Corners to Lansing, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 553 miles [890 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,073 miles [9,773.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,812 miles [10,962.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,696 miles [7,557.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Clark Corners) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Clark Corners 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 Clark Corners 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 Clark Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0228, Longitude: -86.1450 In this case, the coordinates for Clark Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.43 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.352 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.475 degrees. |
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