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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 Entrican, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Entrican 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 Entrican:
- 43.350309, -85.153634
- 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 Entrican
- 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 Montcalm County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montcalm County
- Since Entrican is near Isabella County and also Mecosta County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Isabella County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mecosta 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 Entrican
Curious and Interesting Names Near Entrican ...
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 Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Lake is located in Montcalm County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Coral
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Crystal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka Place
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Eureka Place is located in Montcalm County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Place
- Greenville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Halls Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Halls Corner is located in Mecosta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corner
- Kings Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Corner is located in Montcalm County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Corner
- Lakeview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Six Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Turk Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Turk Lake is located in Montcalm County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turk Lake
How Far From Entrican 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 Entrican to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Entrican and extending to:
- Stanton, which is the Seat of Montcalm County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Entrican to Lansing, with an average speed<3> 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 over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 521 miles [838.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,021 miles [9,689.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,759 miles [10,877.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,643 miles [7,472.2 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Entrican) 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 Entrican 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 Entrican. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3503, Longitude: -85.1536 In this case, the coordinates for Entrican have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.762 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.642 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.869 degrees. |
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