Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Norton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Norton and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Norton
- 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 Norton:
- 42.376148, -83.314098
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Norton
- 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Since Norton is near Oakland County and also Washtenaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Oakland County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Norton ...
We found 37 communities that share the name Norton.
There are two communities within Michigan that are also named Norton.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another 35 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 35 communities, 34 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Muskegon County
- Ontonagon County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Etowah County
- This Norton is located in Etowah County and lies 594 miles [956 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Norton that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Norton.
- Madison County
- This Norton is located in Madison County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km] to the south southwest of the Norton that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Norton.
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- British Columbia
- This Norton lies 1,907 miles [3,069 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Norton that is located in Wayne County.
- California
- San Joaquin County
- This Norton is located in San Joaquin County and lies 2,004 miles [3,225.1 km]<2> to the west of the Norton that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Joaquin County community of Norton.
- Yolo County
- This Norton is located in Yolo County and lies 2,029 miles [3,265.4 km] to the west of the Norton that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yolo County community of Norton.
- Georgia
- DeKalb County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Norton [DeKalb County].
- Whitfield County
- This Norton is located in Whitfield County and lies 525 miles [844.9 km]<2> to the south of the Norton that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitfield County community of Norton.
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Missouri
- New Brunswick
- This Norton lies 900 miles [1,448.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Norton that is located in Wayne County.
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- North Carolina
- Jackson County
- This Norton is located in Jackson County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km]<2> to the south of the Norton that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Norton.
- Macon County
- This Norton is located in Macon County and lies 508 miles [817.5 km] to the south of the Norton that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Norton.
- Ohio
- Delaware County
- This Norton is located in Delaware County and lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<2> to the south of the Norton that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Norton.
- Summit County
- This Norton is located in Summit County and lies 126 miles [202.8 km] to the southeast of the Norton that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Summit County community of Norton.
- Oregon
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Grayson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Norton [Grayson County].
- Runnels County
- This Norton is located in Runnels County and lies 1,172 miles [1,886.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Norton that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Runnels County community of Norton.
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Norton City
- This Norton is located in Norton City and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<2> to the south of the Norton that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norton City community of Norton.
- Wise County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Norton [Wise County].
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Norton ...
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.
- Beech
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Clarenceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarenceville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarenceville
- Clarenceville is located in Oakland County
- Dearborn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearborn
- Dearborn is located in Wayne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93,367 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dearborn <5>
- Elm
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Garden City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Garden City is located in Wayne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,216 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garden City <5>
- Hand
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Plymouth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Plymouth is located in Wayne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,139 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth <5>
- Quakertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quakertown
- Quakertown is located in Oakland County
- Stark
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Sunnyside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
How Far From Norton 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 Norton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Norton and extending to:
- Detroit, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Norton to Detroit, with an average speed<6> 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 67 miles [107.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 407 miles [655 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,997 miles [9,651.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,729 miles [10,829.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,608 miles [7,415.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Norton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Wayne County: www.waynecounty.com/
The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Norton could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Norton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Norton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3761, Longitude: -83.3141 In this case, the coordinates for Norton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Norton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Norton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.595 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.174 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.291 degrees. |