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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 Indianville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Indianville 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 Indianville:
- 45.510833, -84.716389
- 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 Indianville
- 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 Cheboygan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cheboygan County
- Since Indianville is near Emmet County and also Charlevoix County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Emmet County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charlevoix 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 Indianville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Indianville ...
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.
- Birchwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Birchwood is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- Cold Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cold Springs is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Indian River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Levering
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Long Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Long Point is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point
- Pleasant View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pleasant View is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Royal Oak Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Royal Oak Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oak Beach
- Silver Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Silver Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
- Wildwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wildwood is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Indianville 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 Indianville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Indianville and extending to:
- Cheboygan, which is the Seat of Cheboygan County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Indianville to Cheboygan, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 192 miles [309 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 601 miles [967.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,904 miles [9,501.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,647 miles [10,697.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,537 miles [7,301.6 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Indianville) 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 Indianville 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 Indianville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5108, Longitude: -84.7164 In this case, the coordinates for Indianville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.368 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.518 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.886 degrees. |
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