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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.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Saint Clair Shores
  • 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 Shores is near Wayne County and also Oakland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oakland 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 Shores

Communities Also Named Saint Clair Shores ...

We found one communities that are also named 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.

How Far From Saint Clair Shores 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 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<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 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<4> 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).<5>
  • 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).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,586 miles [7,380.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Saint Clair Shores) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Shores 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 Shores. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4959, Longitude: -82.8976    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.321 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.881 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.047 degrees.