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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 Silverwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Silverwood 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 Silverwood:
    • 43.323358, -83.248003
    • 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 Silverwood
  • 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 Silverwood ...

We found six communities that share the name Silverwood.

There is one other community in Michigan which is also named Silverwood.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Michigan ...
    • Tuscola County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Silverwood [Tuscola County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Fountain County
      • This Silverwood is located in Fountain County and lies 316 miles [508.6 km]<2> to the southwest of the Silverwood that is located in Lapeer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fountain County community of Silverwood.
    • Louisiana
      • Jefferson Davis Parish
      • This Silverwood is located in Jefferson Davis Parish and lies 1,042 miles [1,676.9 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Silverwood that is located in Lapeer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson Davis Parish community of Silverwood.
    • Minnesota
      • Itasca County
      • This Silverwood is located in Itasca County and lies 560 miles [901.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Silverwood that is located in Lapeer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Itasca County community of Silverwood.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Silverwood lies 828 miles [1,332.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Silverwood that is located in Lapeer County.
    • Virginia
      • Chesapeake City
      • This Silverwood is located in Chesapeake City and lies 574 miles [923.8 km]<2> to the southeast of the Silverwood that is located in Lapeer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesapeake City community of Silverwood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Silverwood ...

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.

  • Decker
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
    • Decker is located in Sanilac County
  • Elmer
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
    • Elmer is located in Sanilac County
  • Five Lakes
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Lakes
    • Five Lakes is located in Lapeer County
  • Goodland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goodland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodland
    • Goodland is located in Lapeer County
  • Hemans
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hemans. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemans
    • Hemans is located in Sanilac County
  • Kings Mill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mill
    • Kings Mill is located in Lapeer County
  • Mayville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Otter Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otter Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Lake
    • Otter Lake is located in Lapeer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Otter Lake <5>
  • Valley Center
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Center
    • Valley Center is located in Sanilac County

How Far From Silverwood 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 Silverwood to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Lapeer, which is the Seat of Lapeer County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Silverwood to Lapeer, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 77 miles [123.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 444 miles [714.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,951 miles [9,577.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,686 miles [10,760.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,567 miles [7,349.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Silverwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Silverwood could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<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- Silverwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Silverwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3234, Longitude: -83.2480       In this case, the coordinates for Silverwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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.
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Silverwood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.509 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.219 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.925 degrees.




 

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