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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 Fair Haven, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fair Haven 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 Fair Haven:
    • 42.679200, -82.653803
    • 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 Fair Haven
  • 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 Saint Clair County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair County
    • Since Fair Haven is near Macomb County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Macomb County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Fair Haven

Communities Also Named Fair Haven ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Fair Haven.

Within Michigan, the name Fair Haven is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • New Haven County
      • This Fair Haven is located in New Haven County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the east of the Fair Haven that is located in Saint Clair County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Fair Haven.
    • Illinois
      • Carroll County
      • This Fair Haven is located in Carroll County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the west of the Fair Haven that is located in Saint Clair County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Fair Haven.
    • Kansas
      • Norton 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 Kansas community of Fair Haven [Norton County].
    • Missouri
      • Vernon County
      • This Fair Haven is located in Vernon County and lies 687 miles [1,105.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fair Haven that is located in Saint Clair County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon County community of Fair Haven.
    • New Jersey
      • Monmouth 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 New Jersey community of Fair Haven [Monmouth County].
    • New York
      • Cayuga County
      • This Fair Haven is located in Cayuga County and lies 303 miles [487.6 km]<1> to the east of the Fair Haven that is located in Saint Clair County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cayuga County community of Fair Haven.
      • Cortland County
      • This Fair Haven is located in Cortland County and lies 323 miles [519.8 km] to the east of the Fair Haven that is located in Saint Clair County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cortland County community of Fair Haven.
      • 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 New York community of Fair Haven [Orleans County].
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Fair Haven lies 1,431 miles [2,303 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fair Haven that is located in Saint Clair County.
    • North Carolina
      • Moore 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 North Carolina community of Fair Haven [Moore County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Fair Haven [Allegheny County].
    • Vermont
      • Rutland County
      • This Fair Haven is located in Rutland County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<1> to the east of the Fair Haven that is located in Saint Clair County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutland County community of Fair Haven.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • This Fair Haven is located in Fairfax County and lies 396 miles [637.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Fair Haven that is located in Saint Clair County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Fair Haven.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fair Haven ...

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.

  • Anchorville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Anchorville is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorville
  • Babys Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Cherry Beach
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Cherry Beach is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Beach
  • Maple Leaf
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Maple Leaf is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Leaf
  • Marine City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Marine City is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marine City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,035 people
    • Former names for Marine City:
    • Cottrellville
    • Marine
    • Newport
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marine City <3>
  • Pearl Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Perch Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Perch Point is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perch Point
  • Peters
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Peters is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
  • Roberts Landing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Roberts Landing is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Landing
  • Starville ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Starville is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starville

How Far From Fair Haven 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 Fair Haven to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fair Haven and extending to:

  • Port Huron, which is the Seat of Saint Clair County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fair Haven to Port Huron, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 96 miles [154.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 392 miles [630.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,958 miles [9,588.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,690 miles [10,766.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,569 miles [7,353.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Fair Haven) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Fair Haven 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 Fair Haven 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 Fair Haven. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6792, Longitude: -82.6538       In this case, the coordinates for Fair Haven have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.155 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.72 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.863 degrees.