Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Dafter, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dafter and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Dafter

• 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 Dafter:
  • 46.360020, -84.427265
  • 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 Dafter

• 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 Chippewa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Chippewa County
  • Since Dafter is near Mackinac County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mackinac 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 Dafter

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dafter ...

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.

• Dollar Settlement
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Dollar Settlement is located in Chippewa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar Settlement
• Dryburg
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Dryburg is located in Chippewa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryburg
• Fibre
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Fibre is located in Chippewa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fibre
• French Bay
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Bay
• Garden River
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden River
• Gardenville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Gardenville is located in Chippewa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenville
• Homestead
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Homestead is located in Chippewa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
• Meadow Park
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Park
• Mission
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Mission is located in Chippewa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
• Rosedale
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Rosedale is located in Chippewa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
• Sailors Encampment
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sailors Encampment
• Shallows
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Shallows is located in Chippewa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shallows

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Dafter and extending to:

• Sault Sainte Marie, which is the Seat of Chippewa County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dafter to Sault Sainte Marie, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 250 miles [402.3 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 636 miles [1,023.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,854 miles [9,421.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,599 miles [10,620.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,491 miles [7,227.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'