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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 Frankenlust, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Frankenlust 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 Frankenlust:
- 43.551322, -83.954543
- 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 Frankenlust
- 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 Bay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bay County
- Since Frankenlust is near Saginaw County and also Midland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saginaw County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Midland 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 Frankenlust
Curious and Interesting Names Near Frankenlust ...
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.
- Crow Island ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crow Island is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Island
- Dice
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fisherville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Freeland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Indiantown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Indiantown is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
- Lawndale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lawndale is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
- Little Killarney Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Melbourne ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Salzburg ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Three Churches Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
How Far From Frankenlust 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 Frankenlust to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Frankenlust and extending to:
- Bay City, which is the Seat of Bay County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 64 miles [103 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Frankenlust to Lansing, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 481 miles [774.1 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 5,967 miles [9,603 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,704 miles [10,789 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,586 miles [7,380.5 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 '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- Frankenlust) 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 Frankenlust 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 Frankenlust. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5513, Longitude: -83.9545 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.962 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.766 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.197 degrees. |
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