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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 Romeo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Romeo 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 Romeo:
    • 42.802626, -83.013402
    • 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 Romeo
  • 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 Macomb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Macomb County
    • Since Romeo is near Oakland County and also Saint Clair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oakland County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair 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 Romeo

Communities Also Named Romeo ...

We found seven communities that are also named Romeo.

Within Michigan, the name Romeo is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Conejos County
      • This Romeo is located in Conejos County and lies 1,271 miles [2,045.5 km]<1> to the west of the Romeo that is located in Macomb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Conejos County community of Romeo.
    • Florida
      • Marion County
      • This Romeo is located in Marion County and lies 939 miles [1,511.2 km]<1> to the south of the Romeo that is located in Macomb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Romeo.
    • Illinois
      • Will County
      • This Romeo is located in Will County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Romeo that is located in Macomb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Romeo.
    • Kentucky
      • Letcher 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 Kentucky community of Romeo [Letcher County].
    • Mississippi
      • Humphreys County
      • This Romeo is located in Humphreys County and lies 789 miles [1,269.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Romeo that is located in Macomb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humphreys County community of Romeo.
    • Tennessee
      • Greene County
      • This Romeo is located in Greene County and lies 449 miles [722.6 km]<1> to the south of the Romeo that is located in Macomb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Romeo.
    • Wisconsin
      • Marathon 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 Wisconsin community of Romeo [Marathon County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Romeo ...

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 Romeo 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 village such as Romeo to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Mount Clemens, which is the Seat of Macomb County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Romeo to Mount Clemens, with an average speed<4> 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 78 miles [125.5 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 412 miles [663 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,966 miles [9,601.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,699 miles [10,781 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,578 miles [7,367.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Romeo) 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 Romeo 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 Romeo 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 Romeo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8026, Longitude: -83.0134    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.382 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.996 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.995 degrees.