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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 Spring Arbor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spring Arbor 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 Spring Arbor:
- 42.205308, -84.553404
- 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 Spring Arbor
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Spring Arbor is near Calhoun County and also Hillsdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hillsdale 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 Spring Arbor
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spring Arbor ...
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.
- Cement City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Homer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jerome
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Michigan Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Moscow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mosherville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mosherville is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- Roots
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Roots is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roots
- Sandstone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stoney Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Stoney Point is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point
How Far From Spring Arbor 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 Spring Arbor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Spring Arbor and extending to:
- Jackson, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Spring Arbor to Lansing, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 455 miles [732.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,052 miles [9,739.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,786 miles [10,921 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,666 miles [7,509.2 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 '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- Spring Arbor) 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 Spring Arbor 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 Spring Arbor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2053, Longitude: -84.5534 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.406 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.069 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.952 degrees. |
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