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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 Gustin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gustin 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 Gustin:
- 44.627053, -83.415746
- 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 Gustin
- 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 Alcona County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alcona County
- Since Gustin is near Iosco County and also Alpena County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iosco County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alpena 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 Gustin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gustin ...
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.
- Curtisville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Greenbush
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Killmaster
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Killmaster is located in Alcona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killmaster
- Lincoln
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lost Lake Woods
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mikado
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Spruce
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
How Far From Gustin 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 Gustin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Gustin and extending to:
- Harrisville, which is the Seat of Alcona County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Gustin to Lansing, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 513 miles [825.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,898 miles [9,491.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,637 miles [10,681.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,521 miles [7,275.8 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 '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- Gustin) 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 Gustin 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 Gustin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6271, Longitude: -83.4157 In this case, the coordinates for Gustin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.548 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.46 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.534 degrees. |
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