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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 Nunica, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nunica 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 Nunica:
- 43.079742, -86.067272
- 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 Nunica
- 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 Ottawa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ottawa County
- Since Nunica is near Muskegon County and also Kent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Muskegon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kent 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 Nunica
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nunica ...
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.
- Clark Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clark Corners is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Corners
- Cloverville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cloverville is located in Muskegon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverville
- Ferrysburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fruitport
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Haven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Moorland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Moorland is located in Muskegon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorland
- Pearline
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pearline is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearline
- Rosy Mound
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rosy Mound is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosy Mound
- Snug Harbor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Snug Harbor is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
How Far From Nunica 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 Nunica to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Nunica and extending to:
- Grand Haven, which is the Seat of Ottawa County, lies just to the West.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Nunica to Lansing, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 551 miles [886.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,067 miles [9,763.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,806 miles [10,953.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,691 miles [7,549.4 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Nunica) 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 Nunica 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 Nunica. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0797, Longitude: -86.0673 In this case, the coordinates for Nunica have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.377 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.30 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.418 degrees. |
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