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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 Columbiaville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Columbiaville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Columbiaville:
    • 43.156458, -83.409135
    • 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 Columbiaville
  • 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 Lapeer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lapeer County
    • Since Columbiaville is near Genesee County and also Tuscola County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Genesee 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 Columbiaville

Communities Also Named Columbiaville ...

We found one communities that are also named Columbiaville.

Within Michigan, the name Columbiaville is unique.

Beyond Michigan, there is another community also named Columbiaville in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Columbia County
      • This Columbiaville is located in Columbia County and lies 492 miles [791.8 km]<1> to the east of the Columbiaville that is located in Lapeer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Columbiaville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Columbiaville ...

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 Columbiaville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Columbiaville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Lapeer, which is the Seat of Lapeer County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 64 miles [103 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Columbiaville to Lansing, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 443 miles [712.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,965 miles [9,599.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,699 miles [10,781 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,580 miles [7,370.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Columbiaville) 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>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 Columbiaville 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 Columbiaville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1565, Longitude: -83.4091    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.623 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.322 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.064 degrees.