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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 Oxbow Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oxbow Park 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 Oxbow Park:
- 43.507246, -85.601990
- 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 Oxbow Park
- 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 Newaygo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newaygo County
- Since Oxbow Park is near Mecosta County and also Montcalm County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mecosta County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montcalm 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 Oxbow Park
Communities Also Named Oxbow Park ...
We found one communities that are also named Oxbow Park.
Within Michigan, the name Oxbow Park is unique.
Beyond Michigan, there is another community also named Oxbow Park in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ontario
- This Oxbow Park lies 283 miles [455.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Oxbow Park that is located in Newaygo County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oxbow Park ...
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.
- Big Prairie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Big Prairie is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Prairie
- Big Rapids
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Canadian Lakes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Canadian Lakes is located in Mecosta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadian Lakes
- Coral
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Howard City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jugville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jugville is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jugville
- Oxbow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oxbow is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
- Riverview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Rustford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rustford is located in Mecosta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustford
- Sand Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sun
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sun is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun
How Far From Oxbow Park 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 Oxbow Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oxbow Park and extending to:
- White Cloud, which is the Seat of Newaygo County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Oxbow Park 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 546 miles [878.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,030 miles [9,704.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,769 miles [10,893.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,654 miles [7,489.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oxbow Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Oxbow Park 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 Oxbow Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5072, Longitude: -85.6020 In this case, the coordinates for Oxbow Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.055 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.996 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.043 degrees. |
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