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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 Garletts Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Garletts 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 Garletts Corner:
- 44.222228, -85.804233
- 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 Garletts 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 Wexford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wexford County
- Since Garletts Corner is near Manistee County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Manistee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Garletts Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Garletts 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.
- Chief Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chief Lake is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chief Lake
- Dublin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dublin is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Hobart
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hobart is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Irons
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Little Manistee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Little Manistee is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Manistee
- Luther
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mesick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Peacock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Peacock is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock
- Wolf Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Wolf Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
How Far From Garletts Corner 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 Garletts Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Garletts Corner and extending to:
- Cadillac, which is the Seat of Wexford County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Garletts Corner to Cadillac, 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 6 hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 120 miles [193.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 582 miles [936.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,004 miles [9,662.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,745 miles [10,855 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,632 miles [7,454.5 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 from Point A (ie- Garletts Corner) 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 Garletts 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 Garletts Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2222, Longitude: -85.8042 In this case, the coordinates for Garletts Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.164 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.225 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.907 degrees. |
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