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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 Kingsley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kingsley and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Kingsley:
    • 45.925794, -87.263192
    • 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 Kingsley
  • 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 Delta County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Delta County
    • Since Kingsley is near Menominee County and also Marquette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Menominee County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marquette 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 Kingsley

Communities Also Named Kingsley ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Kingsley.

There are two communities within Michigan that are also named Kingsley.

Beyond Michigan, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, eleven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Michigan ...
    • Grand Traverse County
      • This Kingsley is located in Grand Traverse County and lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Kingsley that is located in Delta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grand Traverse County community of Kingsley.
    • Saint Clair County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Kingsley [Saint Clair County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Clay County
      • This Kingsley is located in Clay County and lies 1,136 miles [1,828.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Kingsley that is located in Delta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Kingsley.
    • Iowa
      • Plymouth County
      • This Kingsley is located in Plymouth County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Kingsley that is located in Delta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Kingsley.
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • This Kingsley is located in Jefferson County and lies 538 miles [865.8 km]<1> to the south of the Kingsley that is located in Delta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Kingsley.
    • Manitoba
      • This Kingsley lies 581 miles [935 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Kingsley that is located in Delta County.
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • This Kingsley is located in Montgomery County and lies 683 miles [1,099.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Kingsley that is located in Delta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Kingsley.
    • Nevada
      • Elko County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Elko County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elko County community of Kingsley.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Kingsley lies 981 miles [1,578.8 km]<1> to the east of the Kingsley that is located in Delta County.
    • Oregon
      • Wasco County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Kingsley [Wasco County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Susquehanna County
      • This Kingsley is located in Susquehanna County and lies 640 miles [1,030 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Kingsley that is located in Delta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Susquehanna County community of Kingsley.
    • Tennessee
      • Knox County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Kingsley [Knox County].
    • Texas
      • Dallas County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Kingsley [Dallas County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kingsley ...

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.

  • Arnold
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Beaver
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Beaver is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
  • Flat Rock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Flat Rock is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
  • Kipling
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Kipling is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipling
  • Lake Bluff
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Bluff is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bluff
  • Maplewood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Maplewood is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Maywood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Maywood is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
  • Pine Ridge
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Pine Ridge is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
  • Rapid River
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Rock
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodlawn
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodlawn is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

How Far From Kingsley 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 Kingsley to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kingsley and extending to:

  • Escanaba, which is the Seat of Delta County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Kingsley to Escanaba, with an average speed<5> 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 257 miles [413.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 711 miles [1,144.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,974 miles [9,614.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,722 miles [10,818 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,619 miles [7,433.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Kingsley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Kingsley 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.
<3>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 Kingsley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Kingsley 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 Kingsley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.9258, Longitude: -87.2632       In this case, the coordinates for Kingsley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.086 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.518 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.099 degrees.