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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 Fennville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fennville 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 Fennville:
- 42.594323, -86.102544
- 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 Fennville
- 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 Allegan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegan County
- Since Fennville is near Van Buren County and also Ottawa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Van Buren County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ottawa 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 Fennville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fennville ...
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.
- Bravo
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bravo is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bravo
- Glenn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Glenn Shores
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lee is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Leisure
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Macks Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Macks Landing is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macks Landing
- Oxbow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oxbow is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
- Pearl
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pearl is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Pier Cove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pier Cove is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pier Cove
- Singapore ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Fennville 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 city such as Fennville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fennville and extending to:
- Allegan, which is the Seat of Allegan County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fennville to Allegan, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 79 miles [127.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 538 miles [865.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,092 miles [9,804.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,829 miles [10,990.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,712 miles [7,583.2 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fennville) 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 Fennville 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 Fennville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5943, Longitude: -86.1025 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.412 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.269 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.59 degrees. |
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