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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 Mullett Lake Woods, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mullett Lake Woods 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 Mullett Lake Woods:
- 45.547778, -84.463889
- 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 Mullett Lake Woods
- 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 Cheboygan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cheboygan County
- Since Mullett Lake Woods is near Presque Isle County and also Mackinac County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Presque Isle County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mackinac 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 Mullett Lake Woods
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mullett Lake Woods ...
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.
- Aloha
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Aloha is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloha
- Birchwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Birchwood is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- Cold Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cold Springs is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Fingerboard Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fingerboard Corner is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fingerboard Corner
- High Banks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- High Banks is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Banks
- Indian River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Indianville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Indianville is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianville
- Long Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Long Point is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point
- Orchard Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Orchard Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Beach
- Royal Oak Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Royal Oak Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oak Beach
- Silver Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Silver Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
How Far From Mullett Lake Woods 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 Mullett Lake Woods to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mullett Lake Woods and extending to:
- Cheboygan, which is the Seat of Cheboygan County, lies just to the North.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Mullett Lake Woods to Lansing, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 595 miles [957.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,893 miles [9,483.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,636 miles [10,679.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,525 miles [7,282.3 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 from Point A (ie- Mullett Lake Woods) 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 Mullett Lake Woods 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 Mullett Lake Woods. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5478, Longitude: -84.4639 In this case, the coordinates for Mullett Lake Woods have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.196 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.329 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.739 degrees. |
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