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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 Liverpool, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Liverpool 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 Liverpool:
    • 42.554140, -82.854226
    • 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 Liverpool
  • 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 Macomb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Macomb County
    • Since Liverpool is near Wayne County and also Saint Clair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair 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 Liverpool

Communities Also Named Liverpool ...

We found sixteen communities that are also named Liverpool.

Within Michigan, the name Liverpool is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Macon County
      • This Liverpool is located in Macon County and lies 721 miles [1,160.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Liverpool that is located in Macomb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Liverpool.
    • Florida
      • DeSoto County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in DeSoto County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeSoto County community of Liverpool.
    • Georgia
      • Forsyth County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Liverpool [Forsyth County].
    • Illinois
      • Fulton County
      • This Liverpool is located in Fulton County and lies 398 miles [640.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Liverpool that is located in Macomb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Liverpool.
    • Indiana
      • Lake County
      • This Liverpool is located in Lake County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Liverpool that is located in Macomb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Liverpool.
    • Kansas
      • Hamilton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Liverpool [Hamilton County].
      • Stanton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Liverpool [Stanton County].
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Helena Parish
      • This Liverpool is located in Saint Helena Parish and lies 911 miles [1,466.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Liverpool that is located in Macomb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Helena Parish community of Liverpool.
    • Mississippi
      • Yazoo County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Liverpool [Yazoo County].
    • New York
      • Onondaga County
      • This Liverpool is located in Onondaga County and lies 338 miles [544 km]<1> to the east of the Liverpool that is located in Macomb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Liverpool.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Liverpool lies 915 miles [1,472.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Liverpool that is located in Macomb County.
    • Ohio
      • Medina County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Liverpool [Medina County].
    • Ontario
      • This Liverpool lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Liverpool that is located in Macomb County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Perry County
      • This Liverpool is located in Perry County and lies 332 miles [534.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Liverpool that is located in Macomb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Liverpool.
    • Texas
      • Brazoria County
      • This Liverpool is located in Brazoria County and lies 1,146 miles [1,844.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Liverpool that is located in Macomb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brazoria County community of Liverpool.
    • West Virginia
      • Jackson County
      • This Liverpool is located in Jackson County and lies 261 miles [420 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Liverpool that is located in Macomb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Liverpool.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Liverpool ...

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.

How Far From Liverpool to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Liverpool to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Liverpool once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Liverpool and extending to:

  • Mount Clemens, which is the Seat of Macomb County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 87 miles [140 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Liverpool to Lansing, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 395 miles [635.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,971 miles [9,609.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,703 miles [10,787.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,582 miles [7,374 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Liverpool) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Liverpool, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Liverpool 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.
<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 Liverpool 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 Liverpool. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5541, Longitude: -82.8542    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.29 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.855 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.005 degrees.