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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 Riverland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Riverland 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 Riverland:
    • 45.796632, -87.226802
    • 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 Riverland
  • 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 Delta County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Delta County
    • Since Riverland is near Menominee County and also Marquette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Menominee 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 Riverland

Communities Also Named Riverland ...

We found five communities that are also named Riverland.

Within Michigan, the name Riverland is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Broward County
      • This Riverland is located in Broward County and lies 1,414 miles [2,275.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Riverland that is located in Delta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broward County community of Riverland.
      • Hernando County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Riverland [Hernando County].
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Riverland is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 1,086 miles [1,747.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Riverland that is located in Delta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Riverland.
    • South Carolina
      • Charleston County
      • This Riverland is located in Charleston County and lies 982 miles [1,580.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Riverland that is located in Delta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Riverland.
    • Texas
      • Clay County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Riverland [Clay County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Riverland ...

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.

  • Flat Rock
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Flat Rock is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
  • Ford River
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Ford River is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford River
  • Harris
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Indiantown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Indiantown is located in Menominee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
    • Indiantown has also been known as:
    • Indian Town
  • Island View
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Island View is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
  • Kipling
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Kipling is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipling
  • Lake Bluff
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Lake Bluff is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bluff
  • Maywood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Maywood is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
  • Pine Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Ridge is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
  • Woodlawn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Woodlawn is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

How Far From Riverland 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 Riverland to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Riverland and extending to:

  • Escanaba, which is the Seat of Delta County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 249 miles [400.7 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Riverland to Lansing, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 704 miles [1,133 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,979 miles [9,622.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,727 miles [10,826.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,622 miles [7,438.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Riverland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Riverland 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Riverland 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 Riverland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7966, Longitude: -87.2268       In this case, the coordinates for Riverland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.067 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.477 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.123 degrees.