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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 Greilickville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greilickville 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 Greilickville:
- 44.783057, -85.638689
- 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 Greilickville
- 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 Leelanau County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Leelanau County
- Since Greilickville is near Grand Traverse County and also Benzie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grand Traverse County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benzie 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 Greilickville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greilickville ...
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.
- Acme
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cedar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cedar Run is located in Benzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Run
- Cherry Bend
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cherry Bend is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Bend
- Chums Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chums Corner is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chums Corner
- Crystal Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Crystal Spring is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Fivemile Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fivemile Corner is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile Corner
- Hatchs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hatchs is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchs
- Traverse City
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
How Far From Greilickville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Greilickville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Greilickville and extending to:
- Leland, which is the Seat of Leelanau County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Greilickville to Leland, 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 five to six hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 151 miles [243 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 600 miles [965.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,971 miles [9,609.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,714 miles [10,805.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,603 miles [7,407.8 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Greilickville) 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 Greilickville 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 Greilickville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7831, Longitude: -85.6387 In this case, the coordinates for Greilickville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.029 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.155 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.629 degrees. |
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