Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in New Lothrop, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Lothrop and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for New Lothrop

• 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 New Lothrop:
  • 43.116494, -83.968825
  • 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 New Lothrop

• 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 Shiawassee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Shiawassee County
  • Since New Lothrop is near Genesee County and also Saginaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Genesee County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Saginaw 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 New Lothrop

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Lothrop ...

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.

• Birch Run
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Birch Run is located in Saginaw County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Run
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,469 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Birch Run <1>
• Burnt
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Burnt is located in Saginaw County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt
• Five Points
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Five Points is located in Shiawassee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Five Points North
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Five Points North is located in Shiawassee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points North
• Flint
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Flint is located in Genesee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,968 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flint <1>
• Flushing
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Flushing is located in Genesee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flushing
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,840 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flushing <1>
• Juddville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Juddville is located in Shiawassee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juddville
• Kerby
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Kerby is located in Shiawassee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerby
  • Kerby has also been known as:
  • Kerby Mine
• Pine Run
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Pine Run is located in Genesee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Run
• Wolf Crossing
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Wolf Crossing is located in Shiawassee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Crossing

How Far From New Lothrop 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 village such as New Lothrop to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in New Lothrop and extending to:

• Corunna, which is the Seat of Shiawassee County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from New Lothrop to Corunna, 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 39 miles [62.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 463 miles [745.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,988 miles [9,636.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,723 miles [10,819.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,604 miles [7,409.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'