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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 Gobles, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gobles 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 Gobles:
- 42.360988, -85.878981
- 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 Gobles
- 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 Van Buren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Van Buren County
- Since Gobles is near Allegan County and also Kalamazoo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kalamazoo 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 Gobles
Communities Also Named Gobles ...
We found one communities that are also named Gobles.
Within Michigan, the name Gobles is unique.
Beyond Michigan, there is another community also named Gobles in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ontario
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Gobles.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gobles ...
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.
- Bravo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bravo is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bravo
- Breedsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cooper
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cooper is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Grand Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lee is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Leisure
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Parchment
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Paw Paw
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pearl
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pearl is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Teapot Dome
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Teapot Dome is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teapot Dome
- Texas Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Texas Corners is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Corners
How Far From Gobles 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 city such as Gobles to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Gobles and extending to:
- Paw Paw, which is the Seat of Van Buren County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Gobles to Paw Paw, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 72 miles [115.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 521 miles [838.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,094 miles [9,807.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,831 miles [10,993.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,713 miles [7,584.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Gobles could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Gobles) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Gobles 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 Gobles. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3610, Longitude: -85.8790 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.27 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.073 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.553 degrees. |
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