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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 Frost Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Frost Corners 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 Frost Corners:
- 42.842812, -84.866661
- 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 Frost Corners
- 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 Ionia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ionia County
- Since Frost Corners is near Clinton County and also Eaton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Eaton 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 Frost Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Frost Corners ...
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.
- Delta Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Delta Mills is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta Mills
- Eagle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fowler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Ledge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Little Venice
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Little Venice is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Venice
- Lyons
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Needmore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Needmore is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Prairie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie
How Far From Frost Corners 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 Frost Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Frost Corners and extending to:
- Ionia, which is the Seat of Ionia County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Frost Corners to Ionia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 17 miles [27.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 490 miles [788.6 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 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,034 miles [9,710.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,770 miles [10,895.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,652 miles [7,486.7 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- Frost Corners) 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 Frost Corners 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 Frost Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8428, Longitude: -84.8667 In this case, the coordinates for Frost Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.591 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.372 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.895 degrees. |
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