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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 Maplehurst, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maplehurst 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 Maplehurst:
    • 42.347818, -85.154159
    • 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 Maplehurst
  • 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 Calhoun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
    • Since Maplehurst is near Barry County and also Eaton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Barry County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Eaton 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 Maplehurst

Communities Also Named Maplehurst ...

We found six communities that are also named Maplehurst.

There is one other community in Michigan that is also named Maplehurst.

Beyond Michigan, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Michigan ...
    • Muskegon 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 Michigan community of Maplehurst [Muskegon County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • Kent County
      • This Maplehurst is located in Kent County and lies 544 miles [875.5 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Maplehurst that is located in Calhoun County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Maplehurst.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Maplehurst lies 906 miles [1,458.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Maplehurst that is located in Calhoun County.
    • New York
      • Cattaraugus County
      • This Maplehurst is located in Cattaraugus County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km]<2> to the east of the Maplehurst that is located in Calhoun County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cattaraugus County community of Maplehurst.
    • Tennessee
      • Sullivan County
      • This Maplehurst is located in Sullivan County and lies 431 miles [693.6 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Maplehurst that is located in Calhoun County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Maplehurst.
    • Wisconsin
      • Taylor County
      • This Maplehurst is located in Taylor County and lies 331 miles [532.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Maplehurst that is located in Calhoun County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Maplehurst.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Maplehurst ...

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.

  • Climax
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Climax is located in Kalamazoo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
  • Greenfield Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Greenfield Park is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Park
  • Gull Lake
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Gull Lake is located in Kalamazoo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gull Lake
  • Joppa
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Joppa is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
  • Lacey
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Lacey is located in Barry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
  • Lakeview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeview is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Level Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Level Park is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Park
  • Marshall
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Orchard Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Orchard Park is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Park
  • Stanley Corners
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Stanley Corners is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Corners
  • Sunrise Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Sunrise Heights is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Heights
  • Walnut Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Walnut Point is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Point

How Far From Maplehurst 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 Maplehurst to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Maplehurst and extending to:

  • Marshall, which is the Seat of Calhoun County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Maplehurst to Marshall, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 40 miles [64.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 487 miles [783.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,068 miles [9,765.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,803 miles [10,948.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,684 miles [7,538.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Maplehurst 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 '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- Maplehurst) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Maplehurst 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 Maplehurst. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3478, Longitude: -85.1542       In this case, the coordinates for Maplehurst have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.794 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.531 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.20 degrees.