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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 Naults, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Naults 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 Naults:
- 45.991621, -88.394022
- 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 Naults
- 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 Iron County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iron County
- Since Naults is near Florence County and also Dickinson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Florence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dickinson 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 Naults
Curious and Interesting Names Near Naults ...
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.
- Alpha
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Clinch ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clinch is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinch
- Crystal Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Florence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Florence is located in Florence County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Fortune Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fortune Lake is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortune Lake
- Mastodon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mastodon is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mastodon
- Ridgetop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgetop is located in Florence County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgetop
- Western Location
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Western Location is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Location
How Far From Naults 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 Naults to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Naults and extending to:
- Crystal Falls, which is the Seat of Iron County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 294 miles [473.1 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Naults 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 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 756 miles [1,216.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,009 miles [9,670.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,759 miles [10,877.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,659 miles [7,497.9 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- Naults) 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 Naults 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 Naults. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.9916, Longitude: -88.3940 In this case, the coordinates for Naults have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.865 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.407 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.689 degrees. |
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