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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 Omena, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Omena 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 Omena:
- 45.055934, -85.587041
- 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 Omena
- 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 Leelanau County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Leelanau County
- Since Omena is near Grand Traverse County and also Antrim County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grand Traverse County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Antrim 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 Omena
Curious and Interesting Names Near Omena ...
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.
- Angel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Central Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Clam Lake ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clam River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clam River is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam River
- Crystal Spring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Crystal Spring is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Elk Rapids
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fountain Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain Point is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Point
- Hatchs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hatchs is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchs
- Snowflake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Snowflake is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowflake
- Torch Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Torch Lake is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torch Lake
How Far From Omena 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 Omena to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Omena and extending to:
- Leland, which is the Seat of Leelanau County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Omena to Lansing, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 610 miles [981.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,956 miles [9,585.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,700 miles [10,782.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,590 miles [7,386.9 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Omena) 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 Omena 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 Omena. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0559, Longitude: -85.5870 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.981 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.142 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.507 degrees. |
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