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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 Holy Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holy Corners 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 Holy Corners:
- 42.811698, -85.526687
- 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 Holy Corners
- 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 Kent County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kent County
- Since Holy Corners is near Barry County and also Allegan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegan 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 Holy Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Holy Corners ...
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.
- Alaska
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Alaska is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Beverly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beverly is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Cascade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cascade is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Clyde Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clyde Park is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde Park
- Corning
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Corning is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Cutlerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elmdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Elmdale is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
- Freeport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Galewood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Galewood is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galewood
- Grand Rapids
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Lake is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Kentwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wyoming
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Holy Corners 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 Holy Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Holy Corners and extending to:
- Grand Rapids, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Holy Corners to Grand Rapids, with an average speed<3> 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 49 miles [78.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 518 miles [833.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,060 miles [9,752.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,797 miles [10,938.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,680 miles [7,531.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Holy Corners) 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 Holy Corners 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 Holy Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8117, Longitude: -85.5267 In this case, the coordinates for Holy Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.026 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.862 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.234 degrees. |
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