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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 Redman, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Redman 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 Redman:
- 43.929179, -82.834727
- 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 Redman
- 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 Huron County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Huron County
- Since Redman is near Sanilac County and also Tuscola County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sanilac County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscola 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 Redman
Communities Also Named Redman ...
We found four communities that are also named Redman.
Within Michigan, the name Redman is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Los Angeles County
- This Redman is located in Los Angeles County and lies 1,962 miles [3,157.5 km]<1> to the west of the Redman that is located in Huron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Redman.
- Iowa
- Tama County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Redman [Tama County].
- Missouri
- Macon County
- This Redman is located in Macon County and lies 562 miles [904.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Redman that is located in Huron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Redman.
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Redman [Allegheny County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Redman ...
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.
- Bad Axe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caseville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Forestville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grindstone City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Harbor Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Helena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ivanhoe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ivanhoe is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Lewisville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lewisville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Parisville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Parisville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parisville
- Peatville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Peatville is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peatville
How Far From Redman 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 Redman to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Redman and extending to:
- Bad Axe, which is the Seat of Huron County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Redman to Bad Axe, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 119 miles [191.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 458 miles [737.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,908 miles [9,508 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,644 miles [10,692.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,526 miles [7,283.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Redman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Redman, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Redman 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Redman 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 Redman. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9292, Longitude: -82.8347 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.206 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.967 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.497 degrees. |
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