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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 Melvindale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Melvindale 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 Melvindale:
- 42.281879, -83.177869
- 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 Melvindale
- 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 Melvindale is near Oakland County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oakland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Melvindale
Curious and Interesting Names Near Melvindale ...
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.
- Beech
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dearborn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Garden City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hand
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hand is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand
- Lincoln Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Riverview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sandwich
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwich
- Springwells
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunnyside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Twin Sandwich
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
How Far From Melvindale 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 city such as Melvindale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Melvindale and extending to:
- Detroit, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Melvindale to Lansing, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 397 miles [638.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,996 miles [9,649.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,727 miles [10,826.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,606 miles [7,412.6 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Melvindale) 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 Melvindale 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 Melvindale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2819, Longitude: -83.1779 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.511 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.065 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.258 degrees. |
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