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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 Lime Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lime Creek 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 Lime Creek:
    • 41.765605, -84.329669
    • 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 Lime Creek
  • 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 Lenawee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lenawee County
    • Since Lime Creek is near Hillsdale County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hillsdale County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Lime Creek

Communities Also Named Lime Creek ...

We found two communities that are also named Lime Creek.

Within Michigan, the name Lime Creek is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Pitkin 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 Colorado community of Lime Creek [Pitkin County].
    • Minnesota
      • Murray County
      • This Lime Creek is located in Murray County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Lime Creek that is located in Lenawee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Murray County community of Lime Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lime Creek ...

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.

  • Buckeye ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Buckeye is located in Hillsdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
  • Fountain Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Fountain Park is located in Hillsdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Park
  • Inlet ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Inlet is located in Fulton County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inlet
  • Kunkle
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Kunkle is located in Williams County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
  • Locust Corners
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Locust Corners is located in Hillsdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Corners
  • Powers ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Powers is located in Fulton County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
    • Powers has also been known as:
    • Powers Station
  • Prattville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Prattville is located in Hillsdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville
  • Ransom
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Ransom is located in Hillsdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
  • Sand Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Sand Creek is located in Lenawee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
  • Shadyside
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Shadyside is located in Hillsdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside
  • Zone
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Zone is located in Fulton County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zone

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

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

  • Adrian, which is the Seat of Lenawee County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lime Creek to Adrian, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 67 miles [107.8 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 431 miles [693.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,064 miles [9,759.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,796 miles [10,937.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,675 miles [7,523.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Lime Creek 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lime Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Lime Creek 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 Lime Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7656, Longitude: -84.3297       In this case, the coordinates for Lime Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.274 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.854 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.988 degrees.