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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 Felch, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Felch 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 Felch:
- 45.995655, -87.825259
- 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 Felch
- 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 Dickinson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dickinson County
- Since Felch 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 Felch
Curious and Interesting Names Near Felch ...
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.
- Arnold
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Golden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Golden is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
- Granite Bluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Granite Bluff is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Bluff
- Hardwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hardwood is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwood
- Helps
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Helps is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helps
- Iron Mountain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leapers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Leapers is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leapers
- Pulp
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pulp is located in Florence County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulp
- Ralph
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Spruce
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Spruce is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Vulcan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
How Far From Felch 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 Felch to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Felch and extending to:
- Iron Mountain, which is the Seat of Dickinson County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Felch to Iron Mountain, 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 277 miles [445.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 735 miles [1,182.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,990 miles [9,640 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,739 miles [10,845.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,637 miles [7,462.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Felch) 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 Felch 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 Felch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.9957, Longitude: -87.8253 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.471 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.963 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.379 degrees. |
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