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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 L'Anse, we use the following websites to find information relevant to L'Anse 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 L'Anse:
- 46.756399, -88.452717
- 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 L'Anse
- 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 Baraga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baraga County
- Since L'Anse is near Houghton County and also Marquette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houghton 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 L'Anse
Curious and Interesting Names Near L'Anse ...
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.
- Alberta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bear Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Town is located in Baraga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Town
- Bovine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bovine is located in Baraga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovine
- Hazel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Herman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Herman is located in Baraga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herman
- Jacobsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Klingville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Klingville is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klingville
- Portage Entry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
How Far From L'Anse 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 village such as L'Anse to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in L'Anse and extending to:
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 337 miles [542.3 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from L'Anse to Lansing, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 20 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 791 miles [1,273 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<3> 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).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,726 miles [10,824.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,629 miles [7,449.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- L'Anse) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 L'Anse 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 L'Anse. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.7564, Longitude: -88.4527 In this case, the coordinates for L'Anse have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.876 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.529 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.467 degrees. |
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