|
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Ensley Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ensley Center and the surrounding area.
- 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 Ensley Center:
- 43.337803, -85.622819
- 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 Ensley Center
- 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 Newaygo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newaygo County
- Since Ensley Center is near Montcalm County and also Kent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montcalm County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kent 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 Ensley Center
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ensley Center ...
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.
- Cedar Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coral
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Grant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Howard City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kent City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oxbow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Oxbow is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
- Riverview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Riverview is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Sand Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sun
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sun is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun
How Far From Ensley Center 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 Ensley Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ensley Center and extending to:
- White Cloud, which is the Seat of Newaygo County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ensley Center to White Cloud, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 68 miles [109.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 541 miles [870.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,039 miles [9,718.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,778 miles [10,908.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,662 miles [7,502.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ensley Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Ensley Center 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 Ensley Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3378, Longitude: -85.6228 In this case, the coordinates for Ensley Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.074 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.994 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.11 degrees. |
|
|