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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 Gulliver, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gulliver 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 Gulliver:
- 45.993122, -86.011876
- 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 Gulliver
- 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 Schoolcraft County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schoolcraft County
- Since Gulliver is near Mackinac County and also Luce County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mackinac County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Luce 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 Gulliver
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gulliver ...
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.
- Copenhagen Beach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Elkhorn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Shores
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Shores is located in Schoolcraft County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Shores
- Hiawatha
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hiawatha is located in Schoolcraft County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha
- Huntspur
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Inland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Inland is located in Schoolcraft County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inland
- Minor Beach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Springer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Springer is located in Schoolcraft County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springer
- Sunset Beach
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sunset Beach is located in Schoolcraft County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
How Far From Gulliver 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 Gulliver to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Gulliver and extending to:
- Manistique, which is the Seat of Schoolcraft County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Gulliver to Manistique, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 236 miles [379.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 669 miles [1,076.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,927 miles [9,538.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,674 miles [10,740.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,568 miles [7,351.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gulliver) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Gulliver 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 Gulliver. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.9931, Longitude: -86.0119 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.223 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.554 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.402 degrees. |
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