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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 Fowlerville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fowlerville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Fowlerville:
    • 42.660644, -84.073251
    • 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 Fowlerville
  • 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 Livingston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
    • Since Fowlerville is near Ingham County and also Shiawassee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ingham County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shiawassee 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 Fowlerville

Communities Also Named Fowlerville ...

We found four communities that are also named Fowlerville.

Within Michigan, the name Fowlerville is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Erie County
      • This Fowlerville is located in Erie County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<1> to the east of the Fowlerville that is located in Livingston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Fowlerville.
      • Livingston County
      • This Fowlerville is located in Livingston County and lies 315 miles [506.9 km] to the east of the Fowlerville that is located in Livingston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Fowlerville.
      • Sullivan County
      • This Fowlerville is located in Sullivan County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km] to the east of the Fowlerville that is located in Livingston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Fowlerville.
    • Oklahoma
      • Fowlerville #
      • This community is historichttp://www.waymarking.com/wm/search.aspx?f=1&lat=42.660644&lon=-84.073251&t=6 and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Fowlerville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fowlerville ...

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.

How Far From Fowlerville 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 village such as Fowlerville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fowlerville and extending to:

  • Howell, which is the Seat of Livingston County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Fowlerville to Lansing, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days 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 450 miles [724.2 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 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,013 miles [9,677 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,747 miles [10,858.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,627 miles [7,446.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fowlerville) 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 Fowlerville 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 Fowlerville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6606, Longitude: -84.0733    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.077 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.763 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.565 degrees.