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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 Rondo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rondo 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 Rondo:
- 45.316679, -84.624478
- 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 Rondo
- 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 Cheboygan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cheboygan County
- Since Rondo is near Emmet County and also Otsego County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Emmet County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otsego 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 Rondo
Communities Also Named Rondo ...
We found five communities that are also named Rondo.
There is one other community in Michigan that is also named Rondo.
Beyond Michigan, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Menominee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Rondo [Menominee County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Lee County
- This Rondo is located in Lee County and lies 805 miles [1,295.5 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Rondo that is located in Cheboygan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Rondo.
- Miller County
- This Rondo is located in Miller County and lies 958 miles [1,541.8 km] to the southwest of the Rondo that is located in Cheboygan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miller County community of Rondo.
- Missouri
- Polk County
- This Rondo is located in Polk County and lies 691 miles [1,112.1 km]<2> to the southwest of the Rondo that is located in Cheboygan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Rondo.
- Virginia
- Pittsylvania County
- This Rondo is located in Pittsylvania County and lies 642 miles [1,033.2 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Rondo that is located in Cheboygan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsylvania County community of Rondo.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rondo ...
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.
- Cold Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cold Springs is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Epsilon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Epsilon is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epsilon
- Fingerboard Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fingerboard Corner is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fingerboard Corner
- Green Timbers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Green Timbers is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Timbers
- Indian River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Royal Oak Beach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Royal Oak Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oak Beach
- Wildwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wildwood is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Wolverine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
How Far From Rondo 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 Rondo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rondo and extending to:
- Cheboygan, which is the Seat of Cheboygan County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rondo to Cheboygan, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days 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 178 miles [286.5 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 588 miles [946.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,910 miles [9,511.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,653 miles [10,707 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,541 miles [7,308 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Rondo 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. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Rondo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rondo 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 Rondo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3167, Longitude: -84.6245 In this case, the coordinates for Rondo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.317 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.432 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.909 degrees. |
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