Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Dice Corners:
  • 43.612528, -84.369441
  • 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 Dice Corners

• 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 Midland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Midland County
  • Since Dice Corners is near Gratiot County and also Saginaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Gratiot County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Saginaw 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 Dice Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dice Corners ...

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.

• Bullock Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Bullock Creek is located in Midland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock Creek
• Dean
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Dean is located in Midland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
• Floyd
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Floyd is located in Midland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
• Francis Grove
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Francis Grove is located in Midland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis Grove
• Gordonville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Gordonville is located in Midland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonville
• Lockport
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Lockport is located in Midland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
• Poseyville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Poseyville is located in Midland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poseyville
• Teeterville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Teeterville is located in Midland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teeterville

How Far From Dice Corners 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 community such as Dice Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Midland, which is the Seat of Midland County, lies just to the East.
• Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Dice Corners to Lansing, with an average speed<2> 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 500 miles [804.7 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 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,980 miles [9,623.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,717 miles [10,810 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,600 miles [7,403 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'