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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 Seven Harbors, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Seven Harbors 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 Seven Harbors:
- 42.672120, -83.574912
- 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 Seven Harbors
- 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 Oakland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oakland County
- Since Seven Harbors is near Livingston County and also Genesee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Genesee 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 Seven Harbors
Curious and Interesting Names Near Seven Harbors ...
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.
- Clyde
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Commerce
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Four Towns
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hickory Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Highland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Holly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oxbow
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Corners is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Corners
- Union Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wolverine Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Seven Harbors 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 community such as Seven Harbors to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Seven Harbors and extending to:
- Pontiac, which is the Seat of Oakland County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Seven Harbors to Pontiac, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 49 miles [78.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 429 miles [690.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,993 miles [9,644.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,727 miles [10,826.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,607 miles [7,414.2 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' (or 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- Seven Harbors) 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 Seven Harbors 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 Seven Harbors. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6721, Longitude: -83.5749 In this case, the coordinates for Seven Harbors have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.752 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.396 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.316 degrees. |
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