Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mapleton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mapleton and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mapleton
- 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 Mapleton:
- 43.566693, -84.182763
- 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 Mapleton
- 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 Midland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Midland County
- Since Mapleton is near Bay County and also Saginaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Bay County
- eBird sighting report for Saginaw 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 Mapleton ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Mapleton.
There are two communities within Michigan that are also named Mapleton.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 26 communities, 25 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Grand Traverse County
- Iron County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Maine
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- New Brunswick
- New Hampshire
- New York
- Cayuga County
- This Mapleton is located in Cayuga County and lies 384 miles [618 km]<1> to the east of the Mapleton that is located in Midland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cayuga County community of Mapleton.
- Kings 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 New York community of Mapleton [Kings County].
- Niagara County
- This Mapleton is located in Niagara County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km] to the east of the Mapleton that is located in Midland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Niagara County community of Mapleton.
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Nova Scotia
- This Mapleton lies 992 miles [1,596.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mapleton that is located in Midland County.
- Ohio
- Belmont 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 Ohio community of Mapleton [Belmont County].
- Stark County
- This Mapleton is located in Stark County and lies 245 miles [394.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Mapleton that is located in Midland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Mapleton.
- Ontario
- This Mapleton lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Mapleton that is located in Midland County.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mapleton ...
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.
- Bullock Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bullock Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock Creek
- Bullock Creek is located in Midland County
- Dean
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Dice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dice
- Dice is located in Saginaw County
- Fisherville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville
- Fisherville is located in Bay County
- Freeland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland
- Freeland is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freeland <5>
- Frost
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Golden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Lockport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Poseyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poseyville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poseyville
- Poseyville is located in Midland County
How Far From Mapleton to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Mapleton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mapleton and extending to:
- Midland, which is the Seat of Midland County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Mapleton to Lansing, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 491 miles [790.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,975 miles [9,615.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,712 miles [10,801.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,595 miles [7,394.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mapleton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Midland County: www.co.midland.mi.us/
The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/
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- Mapleton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mapleton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5667, Longitude: -84.1828 In this case, the coordinates for Mapleton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Mapleton 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> | 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 Mapleton, 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Mapleton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.112 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.937 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.306 degrees. |