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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 Grant Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grant Center 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 Grant Center:
    • 43.770855, -85.402822
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Grant Center
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Grant Center ...

We found two communities that share the name Grant Center.

There is one other community in Michigan which is also named Grant Center.

Beyond Michigan, there is another community also named Grant Center in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Michigan ...
    • Grand Traverse County
      • 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 Michigan community of Grant Center [Grand Traverse County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Monona County
      • 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 Iowa community of Grant Center [Monona County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grant Center ...

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.

  • Big Rapids
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Rapids have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rapids
    • Big Rapids is located in Mecosta County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,408 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Rapids <3>
  • Canadian Lakes
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadian Lakes
    • Canadian Lakes is located in Mecosta County
  • Chase
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Halls Corner
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corner
    • Halls Corner is located in Mecosta County
  • Hersey
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hersey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
    • Hersey is located in Osceola County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 347 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hersey <3>
  • Le Roy
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Paris
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Reed City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Rustford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rustford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustford
    • Rustford is located in Mecosta County

How Far From Grant Center 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 Grant Center to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Grant Center and extending to:

  • Big Rapids, which is the Seat of Mecosta County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<4> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Grant Center to Lansing, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 548 miles [881.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,010 miles [9,672.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,750 miles [10,863.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,635 miles [7,459.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grant Center. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Mecosta County: www.co.mecosta.mi.us/

The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Grant Center 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Grant Center) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grant Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7709, Longitude: -85.4028       In this case, the coordinates for Grant Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Grant Center to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.912 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.874 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.854 degrees.




 

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