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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 Escanaba, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Escanaba 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 Escanaba:
- 45.745751, -87.067107
- 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 Escanaba
- 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 Delta County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delta County
- Since Escanaba is near Menominee County and also Marquette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Menominee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marquette 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 Escanaba
Curious and Interesting Names Near Escanaba ...
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.
- Ensign
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ensign is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign
- Flat Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Ford River
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Harris
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Island View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Island View is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
- Kipling
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lake Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lake Bluff is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bluff
- Maywood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maywood is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Pine Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pine Ridge is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Rapid River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
How Far From Escanaba to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Escanaba to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Escanaba and extending to:
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 242 miles [389.5 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Escanaba to Lansing, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 696 miles [1,120.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,976 miles [9,617.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,723 miles [10,819.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,618 miles [7,432 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- Escanaba) 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 Escanaba 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 Escanaba. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7458, Longitude: -87.0671 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.959 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.348 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.055 degrees. |
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