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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 Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eagle Point 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 Point:
    • 41.895325, -85.983061
    • 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 Point
  • 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 Point ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Eagle Point.

Within Michigan, the name Eagle Point is unique.

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

In addition to the above occurrences of Eagle Point, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Ogle County
      • This Eagle Point is located in Ogle County and lies 190 miles [305.8 km]<1> to the west of the Eagle Point that is located in Cass County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ogle County community of Eagle Point.
    • Indiana
      • Kosciusko County
      • This Eagle Point is located in Kosciusko County and lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Eagle Point that is located in Cass County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kosciusko County community of Eagle Point.
    • Iowa
      • Dubuque County
      • This Eagle Point is located in Dubuque County and lies 242 miles [389.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Eagle Point that is located in Cass County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dubuque County community of Eagle Point.
    • New York
      • Livingston County
      • This Eagle Point is located in Livingston County and lies 426 miles [685.6 km]<1> to the east of the Eagle Point that is located in Cass County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Eagle Point.
    • Oregon
      • Jackson County
      • This Eagle Point is located in Jackson County and lies 1,869 miles [3,007.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Eagle Point that is located in Cass County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Eagle Point.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Berks County
      • This Eagle Point is located in Berks County and lies 538 miles [865.8 km]<1> to the east of the Eagle Point that is located in Cass County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Eagle Point.
    • South Carolina
      • Clarendon County
      • This Eagle Point is located in Clarendon County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Eagle Point that is located in Cass County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarendon County community of Eagle Point.
    • Tennessee
      • Roane County
      • This Eagle Point is located in Roane County and lies 428 miles [688.8 km]<1> to the south of the Eagle Point that is located in Cass County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Eagle Point.
    • Vermont
      • Orleans County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Eagle Point [Orleans County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Chippewa County
      • This Eagle Point is located in Chippewa County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Eagle Point that is located in Cass County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chippewa County community of Eagle Point.
  • Communities Beyond North America ...
    • Australia
      • Distance: 9,619 miles [15,480.3 km]<1> to the west southwest

Curious and Interesting Names Near Eagle Point ...

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.

  • Corey
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corey
    • Corey is located in Cass County
  • Dailey
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dailey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
    • Dailey is located in Cass County
  • Diamond Shores
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamond Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Shores
    • Diamond Shores is located in Cass County
  • Edwardsburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edwardsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsburg
    • Edwardsburg is located in Cass County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,241 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edwardsburg <4>
  • Five Mile Corners
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Mile Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Mile Corners
    • Five Mile Corners is located in Cass County
  • Jones
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Spring Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Beach
    • Spring Beach is located in Cass County
  • Twin Lakes
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
    • Twin Lakes is located in Cass County
  • Union
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)

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

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

  • Cassopolis, which is the Seat of Cass County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Eagle Point to Lansing, with an average speed<5>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 6 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 513 miles [825.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,120 miles [9,849.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,856 miles [11,033.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,737 miles [7,623.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Cass County: www.casscountymi.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Eagle Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Eagle Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8953, Longitude: -85.9831       In this case, the coordinates for Eagle Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Point 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.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Eagle Point 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 313.348 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.094 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.75 degrees.




 

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