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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 Comstock Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Comstock Park 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 Comstock Park:
- 43.038684, -85.670205
- 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 Comstock Park
- 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 Kent County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kent County
- Since Comstock Park is near Ottawa County and also Muskegon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ottawa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Muskegon 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 Comstock Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Comstock Park ...
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.
- Alpine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Alpine is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Beverly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Childsdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Childsdale is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childsdale
- Clyde Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Englishville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Englishville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englishville
- Fruit Ridge Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fruit Ridge Center is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit Ridge Center
- Galewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Grand Rapids
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lisbon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wyoming
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
How Far From Comstock Park to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Comstock Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Comstock Park and extending to:
- Grand Rapids, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies just to the South.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Comstock Park 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 532 miles [856.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,055 miles [9,744.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,793 miles [10,932.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,676 miles [7,525.3 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Comstock Park) 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 Comstock Park 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 Comstock Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0387, Longitude: -85.6702 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.115 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.996 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.232 degrees. |
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