Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Deward, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Deward and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Deward
- 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 Deward:
- 44.839510, -84.828173
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Deward
- 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 Crawford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- Since Deward is near Otsego County and also Antrim County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Otsego County
- eBird sighting report for Antrim 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Deward ...
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.
- Bucks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast) - Cotton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Danish Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danish Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danish Landing
- Danish Landing is located in Crawford County
- Frederic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederic
- Frederic is located in Crawford County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frederic <2>
- Green River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green River have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River
- Green River is located in Antrim County
- Louis Cabin Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louis Cabin Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louis Cabin Landing
- Louis Cabin Landing is located in Crawford County
- Lower Chub Landing ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Chub Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Chub Landing
- Lower Chub Landing is located in Otsego County
- Oak Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Pearll City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearll City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearll City
- Pearll City is located in Otsego County
How Far From Deward 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 Deward to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Deward once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Deward and extending to:
- Grayling, which is the Seat of Crawford County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<4> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Deward to Grayling, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 146 miles [235 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 572 miles [920.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,939 miles [9,557.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,681 miles [10,752 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,569 miles [7,353.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Crawford County: www.crawfordco.org/
The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Deward, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Deward) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Deward. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8395, Longitude: -84.8282 In this case, the coordinates for Deward have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Deward to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.48 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.544 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.187 degrees. |