Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hastings, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hastings and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hastings
- 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 Hastings:
- 42.648703, -85.290635
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Hastings
- 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 Barry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Barry County
- Since Hastings is near Ionia County and also Kent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Ionia County
- eBird sighting report for Kent 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Hastings ...
We found 32 communities that share the name Hastings.
There is one other community in Michigan which is also named Hastings.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 31 communities, 30 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Hastings is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,021 miles [1,643.1 km]<2> to the south of the Hastings that is located in Barry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Hastings.
- Saint Johns County
- This Hastings is located in Saint Johns County and lies 917 miles [1,475.8 km] to the south southeast of the Hastings that is located in Barry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Johns County community of Hastings.
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Cook County
- This Hastings is located in Cook County and lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Hastings that is located in Barry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Hastings.
- Kane County
- This Hastings is located in Kane County and lies 165 miles [265.5 km] to the west southwest of the Hastings that is located in Barry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kane County community of Hastings.
- Vermilion County
- This Hastings is located in Vermilion County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km] to the southwest of the Hastings that is located in Barry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vermilion County community of Hastings.
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Graham County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Hastings [Graham County].
- Thomas County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Hastings [Thomas County].
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Minnesota
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New York
- Oswego County
- This Hastings is located in Oswego County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<2> to the east of the Hastings that is located in Barry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oswego County community of Hastings.
- Westchester County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Hastings [Westchester County].
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Nova Scotia
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Hastings lies 384 miles [618 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Hastings that is located in Barry County.
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Hastings [Allegheny County].
- Cambria County
- This Hastings is located in Cambria County and lies 365 miles [587.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Hastings that is located in Barry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Hastings.
- Forest County
- This Hastings is located in Forest County and lies 325 miles [523 km] to the east of the Hastings that is located in Barry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forest County community of Hastings.
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Brazoria County
- This Hastings is located in Brazoria County and lies 1,062 miles [1,709.1 km]<2> to the southwest of the Hastings that is located in Barry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brazoria County community of Hastings.
- Kendall County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Hastings [Kendall County].
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hastings ...
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.
- Cedar Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Cedar Creek is located in Barry County
- Cloverdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cloverdale is located in Barry County
- Coats Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coats Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats Grove
- Coats Grove is located in Barry County
- Freeport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Freeport is located in Barry County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 503 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freeport <4>
- Lacey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Maple Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Maple Grove is located in Barry County
- Podunk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Schultz
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Welcome Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Welcome Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome Corner
- Welcome Corner is located in Barry County
How Far From Hastings to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Hastings to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hastings and extending to:
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Hastings to Lansing, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 503 miles [809.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,059 miles [9,751 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,795 miles [10,935.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,677 miles [7,526.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Hastings: www.hastings.mi.us/
The official website for Barry County: www.barrycounty.org/
The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Hastings 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. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Hastings) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hastings. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6487, Longitude: -85.2906 |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Hastings to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.876 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.667 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.17 degrees. |