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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 Pequaming, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pequaming 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 Pequaming:
- 46.851596, -88.400448
- 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 Pequaming
- 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 Baraga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baraga County
- Since Pequaming is near Houghton County and also Marquette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houghton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marquette 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 Pequaming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pequaming ...
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.
- Alberta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bear Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Town is located in Baraga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Town
- Bovine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bovine is located in Baraga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovine
- Glovers Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Glovers Corner is located in Baraga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glovers Corner
- Hazel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Herman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Herman is located in Baraga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herman
- Jacobsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Klingville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Klingville is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klingville
- Portage Entry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rabbit Bay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rabbit Bay is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Bay
How Far From Pequaming 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 Pequaming to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Pequaming and extending to:
- L'Anse, which is the Seat of Baraga County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 341 miles [548.8 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Pequaming to Lansing, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 20 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 793 miles [1,276.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,968 miles [9,604.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,720 miles [10,814.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,623 miles [7,440 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Pequaming) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Pequaming 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 Pequaming. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.8516, Longitude: -88.4004 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.835 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.497 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.406 degrees. |
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