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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 Kellys Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kellys 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 Kellys Corners:
- 43.235556, -85.947500
- 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 Kellys 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 Muskegon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Muskegon County
- Since Kellys Corners is near Ottawa County and also Newaygo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ottawa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newaygo 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 Kellys Corners
Communities Also Named Kellys Corners ...
We found two communities that are also named Kellys Corners.
Within Michigan, the name Kellys Corners is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Delaware 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 Kellys Corners [Delaware County].
- Onondaga County
- This Kellys Corners is located in Onondaga County and lies 488 miles [785.4 km]<2> to the east of the Kellys Corners that is located in Muskegon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Kellys Corners.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kellys 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.
- Canada Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Canada Corners is located in Muskegon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Corners
- Cloverville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cloverville is located in Muskegon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverville
- Fruit Ridge Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fruit Ridge Center is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit Ridge Center
- Fruitport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harrisburg is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Kent City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lisbon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lisbon is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Moorland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Moorland is located in Muskegon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorland
- Sun
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sun is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun
- Wolf Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wolf Lake is located in Muskegon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
How Far From Kellys Corners 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 community such as Kellys Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kellys Corners and extending to:
- Muskegon, which is the Seat of Muskegon County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Kellys Corners to Muskegon, with an average speed<4> 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 78 miles [125.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 551 miles [886.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,055 miles [9,744.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,679 miles [7,530.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Kellys Corners 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kellys Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Kellys 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 Kellys Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2356, Longitude: -85.9475 In this case, the coordinates for Kellys Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.293 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.227 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.307 degrees. |
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