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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 Mizpah Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mizpah Park 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 Mizpah Park:
- 42.162497, -86.435992
- 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 Mizpah Park
- 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 Berrien County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Berrien County
- Since Mizpah Park is near Van Buren County and also Cass County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Van Buren County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass 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 Mizpah Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mizpah Park ...
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.
- Derby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Derby is located in Berrien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Fair Plain
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fair Plain is located in Berrien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Plain
- Fish Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kings Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kings Landing is located in Berrien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Landing
- Little Paw Paw Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Little Paw Paw Lake is located in Berrien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Paw Paw Lake
- Oxbow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Oxbow is located in Berrien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
- Paw Paw Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pearl Grange
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl Grange is located in Berrien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Grange
- Shanghai Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Twelve Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Vineland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Vineland is located in Berrien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
How Far From Mizpah Park 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 Mizpah Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Mizpah Park and extending to:
- Saint Joseph, which is the Seat of Berrien County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Mizpah Park to Lansing, with an average speed<2>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 541 miles [870.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,124 miles [9,855.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,862 miles [11,043.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,744 miles [7,634.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mizpah Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Mizpah Park 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 Mizpah Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1625, Longitude: -86.4360 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.641 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.467 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.89 degrees. |
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