Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Manning, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Manning and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Manning
- 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 Manning:
- 45.515011, -84.351137
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Manning
- 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 Cheboygan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Cheboygan County
- Since Manning is near Presque Isle County and also Mackinac County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Presque Isle County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Manning ...
We found 21 communities that share the name Manning.
There is one other community in Michigan which is also named Manning.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, nineteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- This Manning lies 1,617 miles [2,602.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Manning that is located in Cheboygan County.
- Arkansas
- British Columbia
- This Manning lies 1,703 miles [2,740.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Manning that is located in Cheboygan County.
- Florida
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Clark 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 Kansas community of Manning [Clark County].
- Scott County
- This Manning is located in Scott County and lies 964 miles [1,551.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Manning that is located in Cheboygan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Manning.
- Louisiana
- Nebraska
- New York
- North Dakota
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- Alberta
Curious and Interesting Names Near Manning ...
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.
- Aloha
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Birchwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Fingerboard Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fingerboard Corner
- Fingerboard Corner is located in Cheboygan County
- Grace
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - High Banks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Banks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Banks
- High Banks is located in Cheboygan County
- Long Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point
- Long Point is located in Cheboygan County
- Orchard Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Beach
- Orchard Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Rainy Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainy Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainy Beach
- Rainy Beach is located in Presque Isle County
- Royal Oak Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royal Oak Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oak Beach
- Royal Oak Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Silver Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
- Silver Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Tower
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
How Far From Manning 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 Manning to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Manning and extending to:
- Cheboygan, which is the Seat of Cheboygan County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Manning to Cheboygan, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 192 miles [309 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 590 miles [949.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,891 miles [9,480.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,634 miles [10,676.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,522 miles [7,277.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Manning. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/
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 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 Manning 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- Manning) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Manning. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5150, Longitude: -84.3511 In this case, the coordinates for Manning have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Manning, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Manning to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.121 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.24 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.692 degrees. |