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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 Saint Clair Haven, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Clair Haven 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 Saint Clair Haven:
- 42.583368, -82.790193
- 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 Saint Clair Haven
- 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 Saint Clair Haven is near Saint Clair County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair 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 Saint Clair Haven
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Clair Haven ...
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.
- Anchorville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Anchorville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorville
- Clays Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Clays Landing is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Landing
- Eagle Poine ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Poine is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Poine
- Fair Haven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Heart ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Heart is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heart
- Liverpool ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Liverpool is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
- Pearl Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Perch Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Perch Point is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perch Point
- Plumb Brook ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Plumb Brook is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumb Brook
- Plumb Brook has also been known as:
- Plum Brook
- Plumbrook Village
- Plumbrook
- Red Run Corners ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Red Run Corners is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run Corners
- Roseville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Saint Clair Haven 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 community such as Saint Clair Haven to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Saint Clair Haven and extending to:
- Mount Clemens, which is the Seat of Macomb County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Saint Clair Haven to Lansing, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 394 miles [634.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,968 miles [9,604.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,699 miles [10,781 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,578 miles [7,367.6 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Saint Clair Haven) 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 Saint Clair Haven 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 Saint Clair Haven. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5834, Longitude: -82.7902 In this case, the coordinates for Saint Clair Haven have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.247 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.811 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.963 degrees. |
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