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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 Munising Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Munising 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 Munising Junction:
- 46.377128, -86.699642
- 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 Munising 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 Alger County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alger County
- Since Munising Junction is near Schoolcraft County and also Marquette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schoolcraft County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marquette 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 Munising Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Munising 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.
- Christmas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Evelyn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Evelyn is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evelyn
- Forest Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Lake is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Indian Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Indian Town is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Town
- Juniper
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Juniper is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Kentucky
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kentucky is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Slapneck ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Slapneck is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slapneck
- Vail
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vail is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
- Williams Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Williams Landing is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Landing
How Far From Munising Junction 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 Munising 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 Munising Junction and extending to:
- Munising, which is the Seat of Alger County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Munising Junction to Lansing, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 711 miles [1,144.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,933 miles [9,548.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,681 miles [10,752 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,578 miles [7,367.6 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Munising 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 Munising 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 Munising Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.3771, Longitude: -86.6996 In this case, the coordinates for Munising Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.676 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.121 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.638 degrees. |
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