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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 Salmon Trout, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Salmon Trout 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 Salmon Trout:
- 47.110483, -88.740404
- 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 Salmon Trout
- 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 Houghton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houghton County
- Since Salmon Trout is near Baraga County and also Keweenaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baraga County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Keweenaw 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 Salmon Trout
Curious and Interesting Names Near Salmon Trout ...
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.
- Baltic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Baltic is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltic
- Boston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Boston is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Champion Mine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Champion Mine is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion Mine
- Dodgeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dodgeville is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Dollar Bay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pilgrim
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pilgrim is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Redridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Redridge is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redridge
- Sunshine Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sunshine Beach is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Beach
- Superior
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Superior is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
How Far From Salmon Trout 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 Salmon Trout to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Salmon Trout and extending to:
- Houghton, which is the Seat of Houghton County, lies just to the East.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 364 miles [585.8 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Salmon Trout to Lansing, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 21 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 817 miles [1,314.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,719 miles [10,813.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,625 miles [7,443.2 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Salmon Trout) 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 Salmon Trout 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 Salmon Trout. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.1105, Longitude: -88.7404 In this case, the coordinates for Salmon Trout have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.062 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.79 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.508 degrees. |
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