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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 Clio, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clio 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 Clio:
    • 43.177420, -83.734591
    • 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 Clio
  • 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 Genesee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Genesee County
    • Since Clio is near Saginaw County and also Tuscola County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saginaw County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscola 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 Clio

Communities Also Named Clio ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Clio.

Within Michigan, the name Clio is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Barbour County
      • This Clio is located in Barbour County and lies 798 miles [1,284.3 km]<1> to the south of the Clio that is located in Genesee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barbour County community of Clio.
    • Arkansas
      • Cleveland 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 Arkansas community of Clio [Cleveland County].
    • California
      • Plumas County
      • This Clio is located in Plumas County and lies 1,905 miles [3,065.8 km]<1> to the west of the Clio that is located in Genesee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plumas County community of Clio.
    • Florida
      • Liberty County
      • This Clio is located in Liberty County and lies 889 miles [1,430.7 km]<1> to the south of the Clio that is located in Genesee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Clio.
    • Iowa
      • Wayne County
      • This Clio is located in Wayne County and lies 528 miles [849.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Clio that is located in Genesee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Clio.
    • Kentucky
      • Whitley County
      • This Clio is located in Whitley County and lies 439 miles [706.5 km]<1> to the south of the Clio that is located in Genesee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitley County community of Clio.
    • Louisiana
      • Livingston Parish
      • This Clio is located in Livingston Parish and lies 965 miles [1,553 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Clio that is located in Genesee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston Parish community of Clio.
    • North Carolina
      • Iredell 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 North Carolina community of Clio [Iredell County].
    • Ohio
      • Guernsey County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Clio [Guernsey County].
    • South Carolina
      • Marlboro County
      • This Clio is located in Marlboro County and lies 634 miles [1,020.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Clio that is located in Genesee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marlboro County community of Clio.
    • Texas
      • Brown 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 Texas community of Clio [Brown County].
    • West Virginia
      • Roane County
      • This Clio is located in Roane County and lies 341 miles [548.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Clio that is located in Genesee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Clio.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Clio ...

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.

How Far From Clio 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 city such as Clio to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Clio and extending to:

  • Flint, which is the Seat of Genesee County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Clio to Flint, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 51 miles [82.1 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 most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 456 miles [733.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,976 miles [9,617.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,711 miles [10,800.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,592 miles [7,390.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Clio) 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 Clio 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>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 Clio, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Clio 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 Clio. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1774, Longitude: -83.7346       In this case, the coordinates for Clio have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.835 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.565 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.218 degrees.