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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 Richville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Richville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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.
    • Open 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:
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saginaw County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Richville

Communities Also Named Richville ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Richville.

Within Michigan, the name Richville is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of fourteen communities that are located 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
      • Coosa County
      • This Richville is located in Coosa County and lies 745 miles [1,199 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Richville that is located in Tuscola County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coosa County community of Richville.
    • Arizona
      • Apache 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 Arizona community of Richville [Apache County].
    • Maine
      • Cumberland County
      • This Richville is located in Cumberland County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km]<1> to the east of the Richville that is located in Tuscola County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Richville.
    • Minnesota
      • Otter Tail County
      • This Richville is located in Otter Tail County and lies 620 miles [997.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Richville that is located in Tuscola County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otter Tail County community of Richville.
    • 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
      • Saint Lawrence County
      • This Richville is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 417 miles [671.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Richville that is located in Tuscola County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of Richville.
    • Ohio
      • Stark County
      • This Richville is located in Stark County and lies 215 miles [346 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Richville that is located in Tuscola County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Richville.
    • Oklahoma
      • Pittsburg County
      • This Richville is located in Pittsburg County and lies 866 miles [1,393.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Richville that is located in Tuscola County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsburg County community of Richville.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Richville.
    • Tennessee
      • Clay County
      • This Richville is located in Clay County and lies 483 miles [777.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Richville that is located in Tuscola County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Richville.
    • Utah
      • Morgan County
      • This Richville is located in Morgan County and lies 1,435 miles [2,309.4 km]<1> to the west of the Richville that is located in Tuscola County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Richville.
    • 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.

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<5> 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<6> 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).<7>
  • 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).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,581 miles [7,372.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Richville) 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 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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>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 Richville 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 Richville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4103, Longitude: -83.6797    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.788 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.547 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.109 degrees.