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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 Snowflake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Snowflake 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 Snowflake:
- 45.029722, -85.246389
- 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 Snowflake
- 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 Antrim County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Antrim County
- Since Snowflake is near Charlevoix County and also Grand Traverse County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charlevoix County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grand Traverse 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 Snowflake
Communities Also Named Snowflake ...
We found six communities that are also named Snowflake.
Within Michigan, the name Snowflake is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Navajo County
- This Snowflake is located in Navajo County and lies 1,495 miles [2,406 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Snowflake that is located in Antrim County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Navajo County community of Snowflake.
- Illinois
- Franklin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Snowflake [Franklin County].
- Manitoba
- This Snowflake lies 688 miles [1,107.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Snowflake that is located in Antrim County.
- Virginia
- Scott County
- This Snowflake is located in Scott County and lies 593 miles [954.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Snowflake that is located in Antrim County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Snowflake.
- West Virginia
- Greenbrier County
- This Snowflake is located in Greenbrier County and lies 558 miles [898 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Snowflake that is located in Antrim County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenbrier County community of Snowflake.
- Monroe County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Snowflake [Monroe County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Snowflake ...
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.
- Central Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Clam Lake ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Clam Lake is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam Lake
- Clam River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Clam River is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam River
- Elk Rapids
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goo ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Goo is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goo
- Graves Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Graves Crossing is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves Crossing
- Green River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Green River is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River
- Rapid City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Torch Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Torch Lake is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torch Lake
- Torch River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Torch River is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torch River
How Far From Snowflake to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Snowflake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Snowflake and extending to:
- Bellaire, which is the Seat of Antrim County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Snowflake to Lansing, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 596 miles [959.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,945 miles [9,567.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,688 miles [10,763.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,577 miles [7,366 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Snowflake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Snowflake 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Snowflake 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 Snowflake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0297, Longitude: -85.2464 In this case, the coordinates for Snowflake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.752 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.88 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.338 degrees. |
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