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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 Kearsarge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kearsarge 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 Kearsarge:
- 47.274924, -88.416225
- 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 Kearsarge
- 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 Houghton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houghton County
- Since Kearsarge is near Keweenaw County and also Baraga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Keweenaw County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baraga 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 Kearsarge
Communities Also Named Kearsarge ...
We found four communities that are also named Kearsarge.
There is one other community in Michigan that is also named Kearsarge.
Beyond Michigan, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Genesee 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 Michigan community of Kearsarge [Genesee County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Inyo County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Kearsarge [Inyo County].
- New Hampshire
- Carroll County
- This Kearsarge is located in Carroll County and lies 861 miles [1,385.6 km]<3> to the east of the Kearsarge that is located in Houghton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Kearsarge.
- Pennsylvania
- Erie County
- This Kearsarge is located in Erie County and lies 543 miles [873.9 km]<3> to the southeast of the Kearsarge that is located in Houghton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Kearsarge.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kearsarge ...
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.
- Bumbletown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bumbletown is located in Keweenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumbletown
- Centennial
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Centennial is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial
- Copper City
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Copper City is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Gregoryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gregoryville is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregoryville
- Hubbell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lakeview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lakeview is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Lakeview has also been known as:
- Lake View
- Mohawk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Swedetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Swedetown is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown
- Traverse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Traverse is located in Keweenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traverse
- Wolverine
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wolverine is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverine
How Far From Kearsarge 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 Kearsarge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kearsarge and extending to:
- Houghton, which is the Seat of Houghton County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Kearsarge to Houghton, with an average speed<5> 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 365 miles [587.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 813 miles [1,308.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,948 miles [9,572.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,700 miles [10,782.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,606 miles [7,412.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Kearsarge 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Kearsarge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Kearsarge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Kearsarge 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 Kearsarge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.2749, Longitude: -88.4162 In this case, the coordinates for Kearsarge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.827 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.549 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.271 degrees. |
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