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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 Mikado, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mikado 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 Mikado:
- 44.590878, -83.422557
- 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 Mikado
- 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 Alcona County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alcona County
- Since Mikado is near Iosco County and also Alpena County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iosco County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alpena 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 Mikado
Communities Also Named Mikado ...
We found one communities that are also named Mikado.
Within Michigan, the name Mikado is unique.
Beyond Michigan, there is another community also named Mikado in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Saskatchewan
- This Mikado lies 991 miles [1,594.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Mikado that is located in Alcona County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mikado ...
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.
- Curtisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Greenbush
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Killmaster
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Killmaster is located in Alcona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killmaster
- Lincoln
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lost Lake Woods
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sand Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Lake is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Lake
- Spruce
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
How Far From Mikado 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 Mikado to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mikado and extending to:
- Harrisville, which is the Seat of Alcona County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Mikado to Lansing, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 512 miles [824 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,900 miles [9,495.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,638 miles [10,682.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,523 miles [7,279.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mikado) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Mikado 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 Mikado. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5909, Longitude: -83.4226 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.555 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.462 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.551 degrees. |
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