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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 Roberts Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Roberts Landing 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 Roberts Landing:
- 42.659756, -82.515742
- 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 Roberts Landing
- 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 Saint Clair County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair County
- Since Roberts Landing is near Macomb County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macomb County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Roberts Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Roberts Landing ...
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.
- Babys Point
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cherry Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cherry Beach is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Beach
- Clays Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clays Landing is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Landing
- Fair Haven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Maple Leaf
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Leaf is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Leaf
- Marine City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Marine City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marine City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,035 people
- Former names for Marine City:
- Cottrellville
- Marine
- Newport
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marine City <1>
- Pearl Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Perch Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Perch Point is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perch Point
- Peters
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Peters is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Starville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Starville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starville
How Far From Roberts Landing 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 Roberts Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Roberts Landing and extending to:
- Port Huron, which is the Seat of Saint Clair County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Roberts Landing to Port Huron, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 103 miles [165.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 386 miles [621.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,954 miles [9,582 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,685 miles [10,758.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,564 miles [7,345 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Roberts Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Roberts Landing 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 Roberts Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6598, Longitude: -82.5157 In this case, the coordinates for Roberts Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.066 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.618 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.803 degrees. |
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