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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 Grape, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grape 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 Grape:
- 41.963847, -83.539552
- 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 Grape
- 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Since Grape is near Wayne County and also Washtenaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washtenaw 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 Grape
Communities Also Named Grape ...
We found two communities that are also named Grape.
Within Michigan, the name Grape is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Saline County
- This Grape is located in Saline County and lies 706 miles [1,136.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Grape that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Grape.
- California
- San Bernardino County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Grape [San Bernardino County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grape ...
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.
- Cone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dundee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Erie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Grand View
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grand View is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
- Ida
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ida Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ida Center is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Center
- London
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- London is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
- Lulu
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maybee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Stony Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
How Far From Grape 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 Grape to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Grape and extending to:
- Monroe, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 74 miles [119.1 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Grape to Lansing, with an average speed<4>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 401 miles [645.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,025 miles [9,696.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,756 miles [10,872.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,634 miles [7,457.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Grape) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Grape 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Grape 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 Grape. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9638, Longitude: -83.5396 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.757 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.296 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.541 degrees. |
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