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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 North Lansing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Lansing and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 North Lansing:
    • 42.765729, -84.54659
    • 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 North Lansing
  • 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 Ingham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ingham County
    • Since North Lansing is near Clinton County and also Eaton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Eaton 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 North Lansing

Communities Also Named North Lansing ...

We found one communities that are also named North Lansing.

Within Michigan, the name North Lansing is unique.

Beyond Michigan, there is another community also named North Lansing in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Tompkins County
      • This North Lansing is located in Tompkins County and lies 408 miles [656.6 km]<1> to the east of the North Lansing that is located in Ingham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tompkins County community of North Lansing.

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Lansing ...

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.

How Far From North Lansing 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 North Lansing to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in North Lansing and extending to:

  • Mason, which is the Seat of Ingham County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from North Lansing to Mason, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies just to the south (S).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 474 miles [762.8 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 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,026 miles [9,697.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,761 miles [10,880.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,642 miles [7,470.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- North Lansing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 North Lansing 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 North Lansing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7657, Longitude: -84.5466    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.383 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.126 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.762 degrees.