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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 Stalwart, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stalwart 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 Stalwart:
    • 46.099474, -84.238767
    • 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 Stalwart
  • 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 Chippewa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chippewa County
    • Since Stalwart is near Mackinac County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mackinac 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 Stalwart

Communities Also Named Stalwart ...

We found one communities that are also named Stalwart.

Within Michigan, the name Stalwart is unique.

Beyond Michigan, there is another community also named Stalwart in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Stalwart lies 1,025 miles [1,649.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Stalwart that is located in Chippewa County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stalwart ...

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.

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

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

  • Sault Sainte Marie, which is the Seat of Chippewa County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Stalwart to Sault Sainte Marie, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 233 miles [375 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 617 miles [993 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,860 miles [9,430.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,604 miles [10,628.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,494 miles [7,232.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stalwart) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Stalwart 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 Stalwart. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.0995, Longitude: -84.2388       In this case, the coordinates for Stalwart have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.008 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.201 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.414 degrees.