Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Richville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Richville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Richville
- 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 Richville:
- 43.410319, -83.679695
- 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 Richville
- 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 Tuscola County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Tuscola County
- Since Richville is near Saginaw County and also Bay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Saginaw County
- eBird sighting report for Bay 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 Richville ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Richville.
Within Michigan, the name Richville is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Maine
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Douglas County
- This Richville is located in Douglas County and lies 639 miles [1,028.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Richville that is located in Tuscola County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Richville.
- Holt County
- This Richville is located in Holt County and lies 631 miles [1,015.5 km] to the west southwest of the Richville that is located in Tuscola County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holt County community of Richville.
- New York
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- Tennessee
- Utah
- Vermont
- Addison County
- This Richville is located in Addison County and lies 520 miles [836.9 km]<1> to the east of the Richville that is located in Tuscola County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Addison County community of Richville.
- Bennington County
- This Richville is located in Bennington County and lies 534 miles [859.4 km] to the east of the Richville that is located in Tuscola County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bennington County community of Richville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Richville ...
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.
- Birch Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Run
- Birch Run is located in Saginaw County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,469 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Birch Run <4>
- Burnt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest) - Crow Island ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crow Island have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Island
- Crow Island is located in Saginaw County
- Denmark Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Denmark Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark Junction
- Denmark Junction is located in Tuscola County
- Fairgrove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairgrove have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairgrove
- Fairgrove is located in Tuscola County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairgrove <4>
- Frankenlust
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankenlust
- Frankenlust is located in Bay County
- Indiantown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indiantown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
- Indiantown is located in Saginaw County
- Mayville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
- Mayville is located in Tuscola County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mayville <4>
- Melbourne ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Otter Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otter Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Lake
- Otter Lake is located in Lapeer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Otter Lake <4>
- Pine Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south) - Salzburg ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Richville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Richville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Richville and extending to:
- Caro, which is the Seat of Tuscola County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Richville to Caro, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 64 miles [103 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 464 miles [746.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,963 miles [9,596.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,699 miles [10,781 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,581 miles [7,372.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Richville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Tuscola County: www.tuscolacounty.org/
The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Richville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Richville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4103, Longitude: -83.6797 |
| <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 Richville, 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 Richville 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> | 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. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Richville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.788 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.547 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.109 degrees. |