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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 Five Lakes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Five Lakes 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 Five Lakes:
- 43.142804, -83.231889
- 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 Five Lakes
- 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 Lapeer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lapeer County
- Since Five Lakes is near Tuscola County and also Sanilac County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscola County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sanilac 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 Five Lakes
Curious and Interesting Names Near Five Lakes ...
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.
- Elba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elba is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Farmers Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Farmers Creek is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Creek
- Goodland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Goodland is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodland
- Hunters Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hunters Creek is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Creek
- Kings Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kings Mill is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mill
- Mayville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Otter Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Silverwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Thornville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Thornville is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornville
How Far From Five Lakes 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 Five Lakes to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Five Lakes and extending to:
- Lapeer, which is the Seat of Lapeer County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Five Lakes to Lansing, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 435 miles [700.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,959 miles [9,590.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,693 miles [10,771.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,573 miles [7,359.5 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Five Lakes) 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 Five Lakes 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 Five Lakes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1428, Longitude: -83.2319 In this case, the coordinates for Five Lakes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.508 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.19 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.981 degrees. |
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