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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 Points Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Five Points Corner 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 Points Corner:
- 42.509204, -84.835543
- 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 Points Corner
- 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 Eaton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Eaton County
- Since Five Points Corner is near Calhoun County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Points Corner
Communities Also Named Five Points Corner ...
We found one communities that are also named Five Points Corner.
Within Michigan, the name Five Points Corner is unique.
Beyond Michigan, there is another community also named Five Points Corner in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Porter County
- This Five Points Corner is located in Porter County and lies 139 miles [223.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Five Points Corner that is located in Eaton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Porter County community of Five Points Corner.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Five Points Corner ...
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.
- Charlotte
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Chester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chester is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Duck Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Duck Lake is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Lake
- Kingsland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsland is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsland
- Lee Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lee Center is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Center
- Little Venice
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Little Venice is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Venice
- Needmore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Needmore is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Potterville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rice Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rice Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Creek
- Vermontville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Point is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Point
How Far From Five Points Corner to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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 Points Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Five Points Corner and extending to:
- Charlotte, which is the Seat of Eaton County, lies just to the North.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Five Points Corner to Lansing, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 478 miles [769.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,048 miles [9,733.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,784 miles [10,917.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,665 miles [7,507.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Five Points Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Points Corner 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 Points Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5092, Longitude: -84.8355 In this case, the coordinates for Five Points Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.581 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.312 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.99 degrees. |
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