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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 Sterling Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sterling Heights 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 Sterling Heights:
    • 42.580034, -83.030481
    • 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 Sterling Heights
  • 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 Sterling Heights ...

We found five communities that share the name Sterling Heights.

Within Michigan, the name Sterling Heights is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Sterling Heights is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,003 miles [1,614.2 km]<1> to the south of the Sterling Heights that is located in Macomb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Sterling Heights.
    • Georgia
      • Fulton County
      • This Sterling Heights is located in Fulton County and lies 590 miles [949.5 km]<1> to the south of the Sterling Heights that is located in Macomb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Sterling Heights.
      • Richmond County
      • This Sterling Heights is located in Richmond County and lies 627 miles [1,009.1 km] to the south of the Sterling Heights that is located in Macomb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Sterling Heights.
    • Indiana
      • Marion County
      • This Sterling Heights is located in Marion County and lies 258 miles [415.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sterling Heights that is located in Macomb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Sterling Heights.
    • Ohio
      • Warren 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 Ohio community of Sterling Heights [Warren County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sterling Heights ...

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.

  • Big Beaver
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Big Beaver. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Beaver
    • Big Beaver is located in Oakland County
  • Center Line
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center Line have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Line
    • Center Line is located in Macomb County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,090 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Center Line <5>
  • Charing Cross
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Charing Cross. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charing Cross
    • Charing Cross is located in Oakland County
  • Disco ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disco
    • Disco is located in Macomb County
    • Former name for Disco:
    • Whiskey Center
  • Eagle Poine ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eagle Poine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Poine
    • Eagle Poine is located in Macomb County
  • Ferndale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Liverpool ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Liverpool. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
    • Liverpool is located in Macomb County
  • Pleasant Ridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Plumb Brook ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Plumb Brook. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumb Brook
    • Plumb Brook is located in Macomb County
    • Plumb Brook has also been known as:
    • Plum Brook
    • Plumbrook Village
    • Plumbrook
  • Red Run Corners ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Red Run Corners. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run Corners
    • Red Run Corners is located in Macomb County
  • Roseville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Royal Oak
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Spinnings ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spinnings. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinnings
    • Spinnings is located in Macomb County
    • Spinnings has also been known as:
    • Spinning
  • Stony Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
    • Stony Creek is located in Oakland County
    • Stony Creek has also been known as:
    • Stoney Creek Village
    • Stoney Creek
    • Stony Creek Village

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

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

  • Mount Clemens, which is the Seat of Macomb County, lies just to the East.
  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Sterling Heights to Lansing, with an average speed<6>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 5 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 403 miles [648.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,977 miles [9,619 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,709 miles [10,797.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,588 miles [7,383.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

The official website for Sterling Heights: www.ci.sterling-heights.mi.us/

The official website for Macomb County: www.macombcountymi.gov/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sterling Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sterling Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5800, Longitude: -83.0305       In this case, the coordinates for Sterling Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Sterling Heights 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>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.
<4>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.
<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 Sterling Heights 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 311.403 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.987 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.082 degrees.




 

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