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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 Harper Woods, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harper Woods 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 Harper Woods:
- 42.438092, -82.928250
- 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 Harper Woods
- 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Since Harper Woods is near Macomb County and also Oakland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macomb County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oakland 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 Harper Woods
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harper Woods ...
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.
- Center Line
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Poine ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Poine is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Poine
- Ferndale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Forest Glade
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Liverpool ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Liverpool is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
- Pike Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Plumb Brook ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Plumb Brook is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumb Brook
- Plumb Brook has also been known as:
- Plum Brook
- Plumbrook Village
- Plumbrook
- Red Run Corners ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Red Run Corners is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run Corners
- Roseville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Spinnings ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Spinnings is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinnings
- Spinnings has also been known as:
- Spinning
How Far From Harper Woods 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 city such as Harper Woods to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Harper Woods and extending to:
- Detroit, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Harper Woods to Detroit, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 85 miles [136.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 393 miles [632.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,979 miles [9,622.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,711 miles [10,800.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,590 miles [7,386.9 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- Harper Woods) 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 Harper Woods 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 Harper Woods. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4381, Longitude: -82.9283 In this case, the coordinates for Harper Woods have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.343 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.898 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.082 degrees. |
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