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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 Onekama, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Onekama 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 Onekama:
- 44.365632, -86.202220
- 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 Onekama
- 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 Manistee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Manistee County
- Since Onekama is near Benzie County and also Mason County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benzie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mason 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 Onekama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Onekama ...
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.
- Bear Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chief Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Chief Lake is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chief Lake
- Dublin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dublin is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Filer City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Filer City is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filer City
- Free Soil
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Henry ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Henry is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Malcolm
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Malcolm is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malcolm
- Newland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Newland is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newland
- Red Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Red Park is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Park
How Far From Onekama 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 village such as Onekama to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Onekama and extending to:
- Manistee, which is the Seat of Manistee County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Onekama to Manistee, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 139 miles [223.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 604 miles [972 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 6,011 miles [9,673.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,754 miles [10,869.5 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> | 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Onekama) 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 Onekama 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 Onekama. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3656, Longitude: -86.2022 In this case, the coordinates for Onekama have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.426 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.543 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.065 degrees. |
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