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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 Eagle Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eagle Mills and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Eagle Mills:
    • 46.512712, -87.533748
    • 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 Eagle Mills
  • 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

Communities Also Named Eagle Mills ...

We found seven communities that share the name Eagle Mills.

There is one other community in Michigan which is also named Eagle Mills.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Michigan ...
    • Kent County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Eagle Mills [Kent County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Ouachita County
      • This Eagle Mills is located in Ouachita County and lies 926 miles [1,490.3 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Eagle Mills that is located in Marquette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ouachita County community of Eagle Mills.
    • New York
      • Rensselaer County
      • This Eagle Mills is located in Rensselaer County and lies 731 miles [1,176.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Eagle Mills that is located in Marquette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rensselaer County community of Eagle Mills.
    • North Carolina
      • Iredell County
      • This Eagle Mills is located in Iredell County and lies 803 miles [1,292.3 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Eagle Mills that is located in Marquette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iredell County community of Eagle Mills.
    • Ohio
      • Vinton County
      • This Eagle Mills is located in Vinton County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Eagle Mills that is located in Marquette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vinton County community of Eagle Mills.
    • Texas
      • Shelby County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Shelby County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Eagle Mills.
    • West Virginia
      • Doddridge County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Eagle Mills [Doddridge County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Eagle Mills ...

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.

  • Cascade
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cascade have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
    • Cascade is located in Marquette County
  • Forestville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forestville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
    • Forestville is located in Marquette County
  • Freeman Landing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeman Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Landing
    • Freeman Landing is located in Marquette County
  • Frenchtown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frenchtown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
    • Frenchtown is located in Marquette County
  • Harvey
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harvey have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
    • Harvey is located in Marquette County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harvey <5>
  • National Mine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for National Mine have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National Mine
    • National Mine is located in Marquette County
  • Salisbury
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
    • Salisbury is located in Marquette County
  • Sugar Loaf
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Loaf have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Loaf
    • Sugar Loaf is located in Marquette County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Eagle Mills and extending to:

  • Marquette, which is the Seat of Marquette County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 299 miles [481.2 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Eagle Mills to Lansing, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 747 miles [1,202.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,955 miles [9,583.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,705 miles [10,790.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,604 miles [7,409.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Eagle Mills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Marquette County: www.co.marquette.mi.us/

The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Eagle Mills could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Eagle Mills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Eagle Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.5127, Longitude: -87.5337       In this case, the coordinates for Eagle Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Eagle Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Eagle Mills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.247 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.784 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.045 degrees.




 

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