Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Paxton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Paxton and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Paxton
- 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 Paxton:
- 45.054456, -83.614149
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Paxton
- 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 Alpena County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Alpena County
- Since Paxton is near Presque Isle County and also Montmorency County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Presque Isle County
- eBird sighting report for Montmorency 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Paxton ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Paxton.
There is one other community in Michigan which is also named Paxton.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Florida
- Georgia
- Charlton County
- This Paxton is located in Charlton County and lies 984 miles [1,583.6 km]<2> to the south of the Paxton that is located in Alpena County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charlton County community of Paxton.
- Liberty County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Paxton [Liberty County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Massachusetts
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Washington
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Paxton ...
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.
- Bell ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - Bolton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Flanders
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders
- Flanders is located in Alpena County
- Hillman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman
- Hillman is located in Montmorency County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 671 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillman <5>
- Leer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Leroy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
- Leroy is located in Presque Isle County
- Long Rapids
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Rapids
- Long Rapids is located in Alpena County
- Orchard Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Point
- Orchard Point is located in Presque Isle County
- Rockport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Rust
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Spruce
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Spruce is located in Alcona County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spruce <5>
How Far From Paxton 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 community such as Paxton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Paxton and extending to:
- Alpena, which is the Seat of Alpena County, lies just to the East.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Paxton to Lansing, with an average speed<6>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 542 miles [872.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,885 miles [9,471 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,626 miles [10,663.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,512 miles [7,261.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Paxton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Alpena County: www.alpenacounty.org/
The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Paxton could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Paxton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Paxton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0545, Longitude: -83.6141 In this case, the coordinates for Paxton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Paxton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Paxton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.655 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.645 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.478 degrees. |