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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 Louis Cabin Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Louis Cabin Landing 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 Louis Cabin Landing:
- 44.665015, -84.636693
- 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 Louis Cabin Landing
- 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 Crawford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- Since Louis Cabin Landing is near Roscommon County and also Kalkaska County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roscommon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kalkaska 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 Louis Cabin Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Louis Cabin Landing ...
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.
- Bucks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bucks is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks
- Danish Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Danish Landing is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danish Landing
- Deerheart Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Deerheart Valley is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerheart Valley
- Eldorado
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Five Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Five Corners is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Frederic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Skyline Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Skyline Village is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Village
- Wildwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wildwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Louis Cabin Landing 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 Louis Cabin Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Louis Cabin Landing and extending to:
- Grayling, which is the Seat of Crawford County, lies just to the West.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 133 miles [214 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Louis Cabin Landing to Lansing, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 557 miles [896.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,941 miles [9,561.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,682 miles [10,753.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,568 miles [7,351.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Louis Cabin Landing) 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 Louis Cabin Landing 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 Louis Cabin Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6650, Longitude: -84.6367 In this case, the coordinates for Louis Cabin Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.361 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.383 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.15 degrees. |
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