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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 Maple Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maple Beach 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 Maple Beach:
- 42.053377, -83.186871
- 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 Maple Beach
- 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 Maple Beach is near Monroe County and also Washtenaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Maple Beach
Communities Also Named Maple Beach ...
We found six communities that are also named Maple Beach.
Within Michigan, the name Maple Beach is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Livingston County
- This Maple Beach is located in Livingston County and lies 282 miles [453.8 km]<1> to the east of the Maple Beach that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Maple Beach.
- Ontario
- This Maple Beach lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Maple Beach that is located in Wayne County.
- Pennsylvania
- Bucks County
- This Maple Beach is located in Bucks County and lies 453 miles [729 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Maple Beach that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Maple Beach.
- Washington
- Kitsap 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 Washington community of Maple Beach [Kitsap County].
- Whatcom County
- This Maple Beach is located in Whatcom County and lies 1,962 miles [3,157.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Maple Beach that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whatcom County community of Maple Beach.
- Wisconsin
- Rock County
- This Maple Beach is located in Rock County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Maple Beach that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rock County community of Maple Beach.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Maple Beach ...
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.
- Busy Bee Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cherry Island
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cherry Island is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Island
- Edgewater Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Eden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Riverview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rockwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Stony Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Point is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Sunset Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Willow Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Willowood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
How Far From Maple Beach 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 Maple Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Maple Beach and extending to:
- Detroit, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Maple Beach to Detroit, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 84 miles [135.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 389 miles [626 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,007 miles [9,667.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,738 miles [10,843.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,616 miles [7,428.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Maple Beach) 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 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 Maple Beach 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 Maple Beach 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 Maple Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0534, Longitude: -83.1869 In this case, the coordinates for Maple Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.526 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.048 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.341 degrees. |
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