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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 Lencel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lencel 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 Lencel:
- 46.350383, -85.429467
- 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 Lencel
- 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 Luce County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Luce County
- Since Lencel is near Chippewa County and also Mackinac County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chippewa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mackinac 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 Lencel
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lencel ...
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.
- Carpenter Landing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Dollarville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Eightmile Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eightmile Corner is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eightmile Corner
- Fourmile Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fourmile Corner is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile Corner
- Marks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marks is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marks
- Natalie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Natalie is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natalie
- Pine Stump Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Stump Junction is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Stump Junction
- Roberts Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Seewhy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Seewhy is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seewhy
How Far From Lencel 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 Lencel to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Lencel and extending to:
- Newberry, which is the Seat of Luce County, lies just to the West.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 253 miles [407.2 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Lencel to Lansing, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 667 miles [1,073.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,890 miles [9,479 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,637 miles [10,681.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,531 miles [7,291.9 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- Lencel) 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 Lencel 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 Lencel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.3504, Longitude: -85.4295 In this case, the coordinates for Lencel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.804 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.135 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.96 degrees. |
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