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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 Old Squaw Skin Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Squaw Skin Landing 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 Old Squaw Skin Landing:
- 42.641416, -86.069202
- 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 Old Squaw Skin Landing
- 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 Allegan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegan County
- Since Old Squaw Skin Landing is near Ottawa County and also Van Buren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ottawa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Van Buren 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 Old Squaw Skin Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Squaw Skin Landing ...
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.
- Bravo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bravo is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bravo
- Castle Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Castle Park is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Park
- Diamond Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Diamond Springs is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Springs
- Holland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Macks Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Macks Landing is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macks Landing
- Oxbow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oxbow is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
- Pearl
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pearl is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Pier Cove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pier Cove is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pier Cove
- Singapore ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Singapore is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singapore
- Spring Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Grove is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Virginia Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Virginia Park is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Park
How Far From Old Squaw Skin Landing to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Old Squaw Skin Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Old Squaw Skin Landing and extending to:
- Allegan, which is the Seat of Allegan County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Old Squaw Skin Landing to Allegan, 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 77 miles [123.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 538 miles [865.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,088 miles [9,797.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,826 miles [10,985.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,709 miles [7,578.4 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Old Squaw Skin Landing) 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 Old Squaw Skin Landing 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 Old Squaw Skin Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6414, Longitude: -86.0692 In this case, the coordinates for Old Squaw Skin Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.389 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.25 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.559 degrees. |
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