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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.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Eagle Point
  • 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 Cass County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
    • Since Eagle Point is near Elkhart County and also Saint Joseph County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Elkhart County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Joseph 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 Eagle Point

Communities Also Named Eagle Point ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Eagle Point.

Within Michigan, the name Eagle Point is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of ten communities that are located 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
      • Open a Google Map centered on Eagle Point

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)
    • Corey is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corey
  • Dailey
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Dailey is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
  • Diamond Shores
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Diamond Shores is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Shores
  • Edwardsburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Five Mile Corners
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Five Mile Corners is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Mile Corners
  • Jones
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Spring Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Spring Beach is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Beach
  • Twin Lakes
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Twin Lakes is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
  • 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<4>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<5> 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).<6>
  • 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).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,737 miles [7,623.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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.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).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.348 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.094 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.75 degrees.