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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 Pentoga, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pentoga 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 Pentoga:
- 46.001879, -88.495666
- 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 Pentoga
- 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 Iron County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iron County
- Since Pentoga is near Florence County and also Forest County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Florence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Forest 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 Pentoga
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pentoga ...
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.
- Alpha
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clinch ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fortune Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fortune Lake is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortune Lake
- Hiawatha Location
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hiawatha Location is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha Location
- Homer Location
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Homer Location is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Location
- Iron River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mastodon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mineral Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral Hills is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Hills
- Ridgetop
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgetop is located in Florence County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgetop
- Rogers Location
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rogers Location is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Location
- Western Location
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Western Location is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Location
How Far From Pentoga 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 Pentoga to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pentoga and extending to:
- Crystal Falls, which is the Seat of Iron County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pentoga to Crystal Falls, 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 297 miles [478 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 761 miles [1,224.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,012 miles [9,675.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,763 miles [10,884 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,662 miles [7,502.8 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- Pentoga) 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 Pentoga 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 Pentoga. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.0019, Longitude: -88.4957 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.935 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.488 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.741 degrees. |
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