Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fillmore, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fillmore and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Fillmore
- 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 Fillmore:
- 42.721032, -86.041103
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Fillmore
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Allegan County
- Since Fillmore is near Ottawa County and also Kent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Ottawa County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Fillmore ...
We found 27 communities that share the name Fillmore.
There is one other community in Michigan which is also named Fillmore.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 26 communities, 26 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Los Angeles 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 California community of Fillmore [Los Angeles County].
- Ventura County
- This Fillmore is located in Ventura County and lies 1,852 miles [2,980.5 km]<3> to the west of the Fillmore that is located in Allegan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ventura County community of Fillmore.
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Douglas County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Fillmore [Douglas County].
- Montgomery County
- This Fillmore is located in Montgomery County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km]<3> to the southwest of the Fillmore that is located in Allegan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Fillmore.
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Ballard 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 Kentucky community of Fillmore [Ballard County].
- Carlisle County
- This Fillmore is located in Carlisle County and lies 428 miles [688.8 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Fillmore that is located in Allegan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carlisle County community of Fillmore.
- Lee County
- This Fillmore is located in Lee County and lies 376 miles [605.1 km] to the south southeast of the Fillmore that is located in Allegan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Fillmore.
- Louisiana
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Centre County
- This Fillmore is located in Centre County and lies 439 miles [706.5 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Fillmore that is located in Allegan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Centre County community of Fillmore.
- Indiana County
- This Fillmore is located in Indiana County and lies 379 miles [609.9 km] to the east southeast of the Fillmore that is located in Allegan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indiana County community of Fillmore.
- Saskatchewan
- This Fillmore lies 962 miles [1,548.2 km]<3> to the northwest of the Fillmore that is located in Allegan County.
- Utah
- Wisconsin
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fillmore ...
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.
- Beaverdam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Castle Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Park
- Castle Park is located in Allegan County
- Diamond Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Springs
- Diamond Springs is located in Allegan County
- Forest Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
- Forest Grove is located in Ottawa County
- Forest Grove Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove Station
- Forest Grove Station is located in Ottawa County
- Harlem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Holland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Holland is located in Ottawa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33,140 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holland <5>
- Macks Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macks Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macks Landing
- Macks Landing is located in Allegan County
- New Holland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Holland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holland
- New Holland is located in Ottawa County
- Oxbow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Pine Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
- Pine Creek is located in Ottawa County
- Singapore ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Virginia Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Virginia Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Park
- Virginia Park is located in Ottawa County
How Far From Fillmore 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 Fillmore to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fillmore and extending to:
- Allegan, which is the Seat of Allegan County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fillmore to Allegan, with an average speed<6> 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 75 miles [120.7 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 539 miles [867.4 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,083 miles [9,789.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,821 miles [10,977.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,705 miles [7,572 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fillmore. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Allegan County: www.allegancounty.org/
The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fillmore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Fillmore 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fillmore) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fillmore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7210, Longitude: -86.0411 |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Fillmore to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.369 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.238 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.52 degrees. |