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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 Conners Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Conners Creek 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 Conners Creek:
- 42.433370, -82.983253
- 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 Conners Creek
- 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Since Conners Creek is near Macomb County and also Oakland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macomb County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oakland 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 Conners Creek
Curious and Interesting Names Near Conners Creek ...
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.
- Bridgeview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Center Line
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Poine ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Poine is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Poine
- Ferndale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Forest Glade
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Harper Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Liverpool ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Liverpool is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
- Pike Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Plumb Brook ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Plumb Brook is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumb Brook
- Plumb Brook has also been known as:
- Plum Brook
- Plumbrook Village
- Plumbrook
- Red Run Corners ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Red Run Corners is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run Corners
- Roseville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spinnings ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Spinnings is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinnings
- Spinnings has also been known as:
- Spinning
How Far From Conners Creek 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 Conners Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Conners Creek and extending to:
- Detroit, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 82 miles [132 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Conners Creek to Lansing, with an average speed<3>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 395 miles [635.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,982 miles [9,627.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,713 miles [10,803.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,592 miles [7,390.1 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Conners Creek) 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 Conners Creek 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 Conners Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4334, Longitude: -82.9833 In this case, the coordinates for Conners Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.379 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.938 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.11 degrees. |
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