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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 Munith, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Munith 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 Munith:
- 42.391415, -84.250537
- 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 Munith
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Munith is near Ingham County and also Washtenaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ingham County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washtenaw 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 Munith
Curious and Interesting Names Near Munith ...
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.
- Chalkerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Eden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eden is located in Ingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Grass Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gregory
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kaiserville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lanewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lanewood is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanewood
- Leslie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Michigan Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Roots
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Roots is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roots
How Far From Munith 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 Munith to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Munith and extending to:
- Jackson, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Munith to Jackson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 28 miles [45.1 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 448 miles [721 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,032 miles [9,707.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,766 miles [10,888.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,646 miles [7,477 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- Munith) 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 Munith 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 Munith. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3914, Longitude: -84.2505 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.203 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.866 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.742 degrees. |
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