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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 Ford River, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ford River 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 Ford River:
- 45.679729, -87.139123
- 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 Ford River
- 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 Delta County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delta County
- Since Ford River is near Menominee County and also Door 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 Door 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 Ford River
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ford River ...
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.
- Flat Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Fox
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fox is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Harris
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Indiantown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Indiantown is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
- Indiantown has also been known as:
- Indian Town
- Island View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Island View is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
- Kipling
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Bluff is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bluff
- Maywood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Maywood is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Pine Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Ridge is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
How Far From Ford River 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 Ford River to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ford River and extending to:
- Escanaba, which is the Seat of Delta County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 240 miles [386.2 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Ford River to Lansing, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 695 miles [1,118.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,981 miles [9,625.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,729 miles [10,829.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,624 miles [7,441.6 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 from Point A (ie- Ford River) 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 Ford River 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 Ford River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6797, Longitude: -87.1391 In this case, the coordinates for Ford River have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.011 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.397 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.116 degrees. |
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