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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 Livonia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Livonia 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 Livonia:
- 42.382751, -83.353336
- 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 Livonia
- 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Since Livonia is near Oakland County and also Washtenaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oakland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washtenaw 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 Livonia
Communities Also Named Livonia ...
We found six communities that are also named Livonia.
Within Michigan, the name Livonia is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Washington County
- This Livonia is located in Washington County and lies 305 miles [490.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Livonia that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Livonia.
- Louisiana
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- This Livonia is located in Pointe Coupee Parish and lies 933 miles [1,501.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Livonia that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pointe Coupee Parish community of Livonia.
- Minnesota
- Sherburne 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 Minnesota community of Livonia [Sherburne County].
- Missouri
- Putnam County
- This Livonia is located in Putnam County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km]<1> to the west of the Livonia that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Livonia.
- New York
- Livingston County
- This Livonia is located in Livingston County and lies 290 miles [466.7 km]<1> to the east of the Livonia that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Livonia.
- Pennsylvania
- Centre County
- This Livonia is located in Centre County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Livonia that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Centre County community of Livonia.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Livonia ...
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.
- Beech
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Clarenceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dearborn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elm
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Elm is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm
- Franklin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Garden City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hand
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hand is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand
- Plymouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Quakertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stark
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Stark is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Sunnyside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sunnyside is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
How Far From Livonia 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 city such as Livonia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Livonia and extending to:
- Detroit, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Livonia to Detroit, with an average speed<4> 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 65 miles [104.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 409 miles [658.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,998 miles [9,652.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,730 miles [10,830.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,609 miles [7,417.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Livonia) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Livonia 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Livonia 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 Livonia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3828, Longitude: -83.3533 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.621 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.204 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.308 degrees. |
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