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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 Eureka Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eureka Place 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 Eureka Place:
- 43.186154, -85.203193
- 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 Eureka Place
- 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 Eureka Place is near Ionia County and also Kent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ionia 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 Eureka Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Eureka Place ...
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.
- Cooks Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cooks Corners is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Corners
- Evans
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Evans is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Greenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Harvard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kings Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kings Corner is located in Montcalm County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Corner
- Orleans
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Turk Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Turk Lake is located in Montcalm County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turk Lake
- Woods Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Eureka Place 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 community such as Eureka Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Eureka Place and extending to:
- Stanton, which is the Seat of Montcalm County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Eureka Place to Stanton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 45 miles [72.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 517 miles [832 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving 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 6,030 miles [9,704.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,768 miles [10,892 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,651 miles [7,485.1 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- Eureka Place) 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 Eureka Place 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 Eureka Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1862, Longitude: -85.2032 In this case, the coordinates for Eureka Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.801 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.662 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.949 degrees. |
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