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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 Shores, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Clair Shores 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 Saint Clair Shores:
    • 42.495897, -82.89762
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Saint Clair Shores
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Saint Clair Shores ...

We found one communities that share the name Saint Clair Shores.

Within Michigan, the name Saint Clair Shores is unique.

Beyond Michigan, there is another community also named Saint Clair Shores in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Saint Clair County
      • This Saint Clair Shores is located in Saint Clair County and lies 648 miles [1,042.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Saint Clair Shores that is located in Macomb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Saint Clair Shores.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Clair Shores ...

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.

  • Center Line
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center Line have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Line
    • Center Line is located in Macomb County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,090 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Center Line <3>
  • Eagle Poine ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eagle Poine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Poine
    • Eagle Poine is located in Macomb County
  • Harper Woods
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harper Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Woods
    • Harper Woods is located in Wayne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,651 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harper Woods <3>
  • Liverpool ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Liverpool. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
    • Liverpool is located in Macomb County
  • Plumb Brook ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Plumb Brook. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumb Brook
    • Plumb Brook is located in Macomb County
    • Plumb Brook has also been known as:
    • Plum Brook
    • Plumbrook Village
    • Plumbrook
  • Red Run Corners ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Red Run Corners. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run Corners
    • Red Run Corners is located in Macomb County
  • Roseville
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Spinnings ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spinnings. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinnings
    • Spinnings is located in Macomb County
    • Spinnings has also been known as:
    • Spinning

How Far From Saint Clair Shores 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 city such as Saint Clair Shores to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Mount Clemens, which is the Seat of Macomb County, lies just to the North.
  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Saint Clair Shores to Lansing, with an average speed<5>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 5 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,976 miles [9,617.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,707 miles [10,793.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,586 miles [7,380.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

The official website for Saint Clair Shores: www.stclairshores.net/

The official website for Macomb County: www.macombcountymi.gov/

The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Saint Clair Shores) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Saint Clair Shores. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4959, Longitude: -82.8976    
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<6>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 Shores to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.321 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.881 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.047 degrees.









 

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