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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 Mill Mine Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mill Mine Junction 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 Mill Mine Junction:
- 47.084650, -88.652070
- 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 Mill Mine Junction
- 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 Houghton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houghton County
- Since Mill Mine Junction is near Baraga County and also Keweenaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baraga County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Keweenaw 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 Mill Mine Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mill Mine Junction ...
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.
- Baltic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Baltic is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltic
- Champion Mine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Champion Mine is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion Mine
- Dodgeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dodgeville is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Dollar Bay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pilgrim
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pilgrim is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Redridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Redridge is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redridge
- Salmon Trout
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Salmon Trout is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Trout
- Sunshine Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sunshine Beach is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Beach
- Superior
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Superior is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
How Far From Mill Mine Junction 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 Mill Mine Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mill Mine Junction and extending to:
- Houghton, which is the Seat of Houghton County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 361 miles [581 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Mill Mine Junction to Lansing, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 21 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 813 miles [1,308.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,965 miles [9,599.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,717 miles [10,810 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,623 miles [7,440 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' (or 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- Mill Mine Junction) 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 Mill Mine Junction 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 Mill Mine Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.0847, Longitude: -88.6521 In this case, the coordinates for Mill Mine Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.001 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.718 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.467 degrees. |
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