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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 Standish, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Standish 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 Standish:
    • 43.980576, -83.963325
    • 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 Standish
  • 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 Arenac County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Arenac County
    • Since Standish is near Bay County and also Gladwin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bay County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gladwin 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 Standish

Communities Also Named Standish ...

We found six communities that are also named Standish.

Within Michigan, the name Standish is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Lassen County
      • This Standish is located in Lassen County and lies 1,867 miles [3,004.6 km]<1> to the west of the Standish that is located in Arenac County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lassen County community of Standish.
    • Kansas
      • Leavenworth 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 Kansas community of Standish [Leavenworth County].
    • Maine
      • Cumberland County
      • This Standish is located in Cumberland County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km]<1> to the east of the Standish that is located in Arenac County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Standish.
    • Massachusetts
      • Plymouth County
      • This Standish is located in Plymouth County and lies 678 miles [1,091.1 km]<1> to the east of the Standish that is located in Arenac County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Standish.
    • Missouri
      • Carroll County
      • This Standish is located in Carroll County and lies 581 miles [935 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Standish that is located in Arenac County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Standish.
    • New York
      • Clinton County
      • This Standish is located in Clinton County and lies 496 miles [798.2 km]<1> to the east of the Standish that is located in Arenac County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Standish.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Standish ...

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.

  • Elbow Lake
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Elbow Lake is located in Ogemaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbow Lake
  • Greenwood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenwood is located in Ogemaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Hard Luck
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Hard Luck is located in Gladwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hard Luck
    • Hard Luck has also been known as:
    • Hardluck
  • Highwood
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Highwood is located in Gladwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
  • Knights Mill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Knights Mill is located in Arenac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights Mill
  • Maple Ridge
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Maple Ridge is located in Arenac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
  • Pine River
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Pine River is located in Arenac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
  • Skidway Lake
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Twining
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Twining is located in Arenac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twining
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
  • Worth
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Worth is located in Arenac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth

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

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

  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Standish to Lansing, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 501 miles [806.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,948 miles [9,572.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,686 miles [10,760.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,569 miles [7,353.1 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Standish) 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 Standish 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 Standish 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 Standish. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9806, Longitude: -83.9633       In this case, the coordinates for Standish have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.947 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.813 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.049 degrees.